When you (or I, anyway) enter the process of writing a long piece, the very immersion that makes it so rewarding and entrancing is also something you resist, for you know that there you will disappear.
Monthly Archives: July 2009
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PZ Myers, Chris Mooney, Asa Gray, and the religion-science divide
by David Dobbs •
The turf between science and religion is — well, it’s a gray area. And it seems perfectly fine to me to treat it the way Gray did: as a region not to tread in your day job. Science was empirical, and if it wasn’t empirical, it wasn’t science. Religion was belief — a domain beyond proof. That’s why they call it faith.
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Cool dips: long distance running; memory and plagiarism; scenery; and swine flu action
by David Dobbs •
A look at runners who forget suffering, writers who forget they’re stealing, mountain scenes that aren’t, and swine flu that resists Tamiflu.
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Crowd dynamics, music, and magic at Fenway
by David Dobbs •
Good times never seemed so good, indeed. I would never have imagined what an impossibly infectious, joyful thing that could be. It was the most incredible large-group social event I’ve ever been a part of.
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Watchdogs, sniff this: What investigative science journalism can investigate
by David Dobbs •
I think it helps to have a sense of the history of science, which embeds in a writer or observer a sense of critical distance and an eye for large forces at work beneath the surface. Machinations in government surprise no one who has studied the history of government and politics. Likewise with science.
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Quick dip: Schizophrenia genes, dark nighties of the soul, et alia
by David Dobbs •
I must keep my nose on the not-beta, hidden-till-last-minute, writing-Not-For-FREE grindstone, where it’s getting shredded to bits — but in the meantime, wanted to pass on these worthy web distractions, worthy of full engagement if you’ve the time
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Medicine
Do ADHD Drugs Take a Toll on the Brain?
by David Dobbs •
The story’s opening, which tells of a parent seemingly overeager to medicate a child who didn’t need it, gives an idea of why this question is more important than we might like.
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DSM-V Psych Bus hits more big potholes; passengers bail
by David Dobbs •
As prominent neuroscientist Jane Costello resigns in protest from the DSM-V committee, Danny Carlat says the process near meltdown:
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Medicine
Top Neuron Culture posts from June
by David Dobbs •
In case you missed them (or miss them, and want to read again …)
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When fighting insurgents, eat with the locals
by David Dobbs •
“There’s a reason that counterinsurgency mantras include Get Off The FOB and Don’t Commute To The Fight. The greater the distance — not just physically, but also culturally — from a populace, the fewer opportunities U.S. troops have to demonstrate to that populace that U.S. actions are in their interest.”
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