• About Me

    I’m an opinionated Grumpy Old Man. I enjoy the intellectual give and take that goes along with that, but have very little patience for stupid people (Note: there is a big difference between “stupid” and “educated”. Some of the stupidest people I’ve ever met have a PhD…). Beside arguing, I like to build things in almost any media. Right now I’m mostly building in wood, Lego, and a bunch of different electronic media. I teach in a number of different venues - from preschool all the way through graduate school. Subjects range from talmud to neuroscience to engineering.

    For fun, I like to bash people with swords (OK, so they’re made of foam. It’s still fun). Although I spend a lot of my time in a wheelchair, I manage to keep pretty active (Like bashing people with swords). I am a libertarian, and have a hard time finding anything good to say about government or politicians. OK, politicians might make good sausage, but that's about as good as it gets.

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    Dr. Science now has his own Blog, so cruise on over to: http://askdoctorscience.wordpress.com to see what's cooking in the lab!

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Feminism and Peopleholes

Posted on June 3, 2007 by sphyrnatude

            I hereby declare feminism formally dead. It has been replaced by a circus of insanity. I recall a popular pin from my youth. It read: “Biology is Not Destiny”. It was part of a pro-choice campaign, but reflected a lot more of the women’s equality movement of the 60s and 70s than just abortion rights. [...]

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How to teach your child to think

Posted on June 3, 2007 by sphyrnatude

How do you teach a kid the underlying concepts of math instead of forcing rote memorization? Here’s what has been successful for me so far (note that this is aimed at parents working with their own kids. Folks working in education or group settings need a different approach. I’ll blog that later)::
            It is best [...]

Filed under: School, parenting | 2 Comments »