Viewing profile — Reallynow

A few points: This is not just getting high. The antidepressant effects far outlast the brief trippy effects, which is an important reason why science is interested. Although this …

Eddie: Is it hyphenated? Chief Wiggum: It used to be. Back in the bad old days. Of course every generation hyphenates the way it wants to. Then there's N'Sync. Heh. What the hell i…

If a user clicks on one of the top ten search results for a variety of terms, there is 99.5% chance that they will become tracked by all top 10 trackers within 30 clicks.

Or two people could work together, closer to that was envisioned by Engelbart : http://worrydream.com/Engelbart/

ggplot2 may be influenced by Tufte, but the main influence is Leland Wilkinson's grammar of graphics. In fact, that is what the 'gg' in the name stands for. The grammar of graphics…

I guess it's not really on most people's radar. There's little professional incentive in arguing against some old quasi-folk theory that is not believed by any of your peers. The i…

I like two books by Dan and Chip Heath called (1) Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (good summary here : http://www.veganoutreach.org/advocacy/switch .html ) and (2)…

Yes. As a PhD neuroscientist, I use reference to the triune brain as a sort of shibboleth: If someone mentions it, I can tell they don't know any neuroscience.

Access to clean water. Diarrhea.