Some thoughts from Sarah Hoyt on unicorns and free health care.
By the way, everyone has an accent, to someone’s ears.
Category Archives: Education
Obama’s Dupes
Will the under-thirty voters get fooled again?
“A Desire To Avoid Bad Publicity”
Well, in light of this, why should we have any confidence in Penn State’s report that supposedly exonerated Michael Mann?
“Taco Bell’s Canon”
I guess when you have a generation that doesn’t even read, it’s not surprising that they get taken by old people.
Post-Credentialism
Some thoughts on the higher-education mess from Phil Bowermaster.
Who Is Karl Rove?
The hilarious results of the latest moronic two-minute hate.
Scientific Literacy
How much do we need?
I always get frustrated when people think that science is about knowing scientific “facts,” and not about the process.
A Breakthrough In Cancer Detection
…from a fifteen-year old. I found this telling:
For now Andraka is going to continue promoting his breakthrough test, which he says will “completely replace the ELISA test” within a few years. He’d like to explore how to put multiple antibodies on a single test strip to check for a variety of agents in the bloodstream. And what about the rest of high school? Andraka says “hopefully” he will finish North County High School in Glenburnie, Md., but if he does form a company to commercialize the nanotube test strip, he will put high school on hold.
A young man after Peter Thiel’s heart. Some of the most talented people we have have no need for formal schooling. Speaking of which, thoughts on parents who public-school their kids.
If The Young Knew What Was Good For Them
…they’d join the Tea Party. It doesn’t help that the kleptocratic collectivists have taken over both higher and lower education.
Cal Tech Commencement Speech
…by Elon Musk, will be webcast here.
[Update at the end of the speech]
Nothing new here to people familiar with Elon. He wasn’t trying to commit any acts of news today.