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• The US Election and the Future

  Political scientists will be dissecting the results of the 2016 US presidential election for the next decade but certainly one fact that is likely to be... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2016 SOCIETY

• Revolution Vs Incremental Change

  I think that the dysfunction and animosity we currently see in the US political system and election is partly due to the underlying belief that meaningful chang... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Arsenic and Selenium

  You should listen to this podcast from Quirks and Quarks about how University of Calgary scientist Judit Smits is trying to use selenium rich lentils from... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• New Papers

  Li, Y., Chow, C. C., Courville, A. B., Sumner, A. E. Periwal, V. Modeling glucose and free fatty acid kinetics in glucose and meal tolerance test.... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Selection of the Week

  Sorry for the long radio silence. However, I was listening to the radio yesterday and this version of the Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 by JS... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• A Conservative Legal Argument for Gun Control

  I am an advocate for gun control because, as I expounded in my previous post, of my inherent belief in the incompetence of all humans. A major impediment to... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Forming a Consistent Political View

  In view of the current US presidential election, I think it would be a useful exercise to see if I could form a rational political view that is consistent with... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The Hazards of Being Obese

  One of my favourite contrarian positions is that being overweight is not so bad. I don't truly believe this but I like to use it to point out that although... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Low Carb Diet Study Paper Finally out

  Kevin Hall's long awaited paper on what I dubbed "the land sub" experiment, where subjects were sequestered for two months, is finally in print (see here).... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The Simulation Argument Made Quantitative

  

  Elon Musk, of Space X, Tesla, and Solar City fame, recently mentioned that he thought the the odds of us not living in a simulation were a billion to one. His... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Confusion About Consciousness

  I have read two essays in the past month on the brain and consciousness and I think both point to examples of why consciousness per se and the "problem of... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• What Uber Doesn’t Get

  You may have heard that ride hailing services Uber and Lyft have pulled out of Austin, TX because they refuse to be regulated. You can read about the details... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• New Paper in PLoS Comp Bio

  Shashaank Vattikuti , Phyllis Thangaraj, Hua W. Xie, Stephen J. Gotts, Alex Martin, Carson C. Chow. Canonical Cortical Circuit Model Explains Rivalry,... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Two New Papers

  Pradhan MA1, Blackford JA Jr1, Devaiah BN2, Thompson PS2, Chow CC3, Singer DS2, Simons SS Jr4. Kinetically Defined Mechanisms and Positions of Action of Two... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Kevin Hall in the NY Times

  Watch Kevin Hall talking about his research on weight regain in the "Biggest Loser" show participants. I was kicked out of my office during the shoot (my offic... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• New Review Paper on GWAS

  Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2015 Nov 23;14:28-34Uncovering the Genetic Architectures of Quantitative Traits. Lee JJ, Vattikuti S, Chow CC. Abstract The aim of... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Selection of the Week

  The first movement of Beethoven's Violin and Piano Sonata No.5, Op. 24, dubbed the Spring Sonata, played by Gidon Kremer and Martha Argerich. I was fortunate... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Selection of the Week

  The great Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter playing Beethoven's last piano sonata, No. 32 in C minor, Op 111, which really pushed the boundaries of music at... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• How to Be a Scientific Dilettante

  I have worked in a lot of disparate fields from plasma physics, to nonlinear dynamics, to posture control, to neuroscience, to inflammation, to obesity, to... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Chomsky on The Philosopher’s Zone

  Listen to MIT Linguistics Professor Noam Chomsky on ABC's radio show The Philosopher's Zone (link here). Even at 87, he is still as razor sharp as ever. I've... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2016 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE