Comments on: I’ve got your missing links right here (12 January 2013)

By: Jon Wallis

Jon Wallis — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:44:59 +0000

@Ed Re: “I always get those confused.”

You’re just showing your youth

By: steve

steve — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:39:53 +0000

Full link for the lego article:

http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/boy-writes-letter-lego-losing-minifigure-gets-awesome-220816003.html

By: George

George — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:32:45 +0000

That makes my day. Great list, thanks.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:40:00 +0000

I love the “overly honest methods”!

In a current study of Sedum, the diversity of species in our study was reduced by Scrub Jays that removed the plants from the pots in order to plant hazelnuts. So it goes.

By: Jon Wallis

Jon Wallis — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:28:41 +0000

> “Here’s the original proposal document for the Internet from Tim Berners-Lee”

No it’s not. Tim B-L invented the WWW – the Internet predates that by around 20+ years

[Oy, yes, of course. I always get those confused. - E]

By: Edwin van der Zalm

Edwin van der Zalm — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:04:21 +0000

Great selection!

By: Rafael

Rafael — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 14:03:23 +0000

Great list

By: David Kroll

David Kroll — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:51:40 +0000

Ed, I’m honored to be on your list. Working on my Bob Lefkowitz cover stories was one of the highlights of my career as either a scientist of writer. Besides being one of the truly nicest guys in a highly-competitive field, his story reminds of an earlier time in U.S. science where truly audacious risks were taken and mentoring was as important as the science. I’m was so fortunate to be able to speak with his own mentors, still active scientists in their 80s.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 10:41:34 +0000

Here’s a working link to the “you think you won’t change in the future” critique:
http://quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/do-we-really-underestimate-how-much-well-change-or-absolute-value-is-not-linear/

By: Morgan Richard

Morgan Richard — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 05:57:45 +0000

A searing critique of that “you think you won’t change in the future” paper. “This is not a contradiction… not a failure of rationality… not a cognitive bias. It is math, done correctly.”

… Unfortunately, it seems to be a broken link.