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		<title>The Science of Swearing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, while driving to Milwaukee for a return flight to Dallas, Jodi and I heard on &#8220;Wait, Wait, Don&#8217;t Tell Me&#8221; about a bill in the California State Assembly aimed at creating a &#8220;No Cuss Week&#8221; in March [1]. The idea was inspired by the creation of a &#8220;No Cussing Club&#8221; in a California school [...]


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<li><a href='http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2010/01/18/a-bad-check/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: A bad check'>A bad check</a> <small>On this day remembering the life and contributions of Dr....</small></li>
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		<title>Lessons from Concepcion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In late February and early March came periods of devastation for Chile. Those periods came in the form of &#8221; . . . the most severe earthquake experienced by the oldest inhabitant . . . &#8221; as stated in an account of the events. The account continues, &#8220;A bad earthquake at once destroys our oldest [...]


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		<title>When values meet data</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NPR ran a timely story tonight about how people with different value systems will interpret the same information differently [1]. Social scientists are applying these observations to understand reactions to vaccination and climate change data.
The story offered explanations but few ideas. For instance, there was this cautionary tale:
So, should climate scientists hire, say, Newt Gingrich [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2010/02/18/headlines-wagging-science/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Headlines wagging science?'>Headlines wagging science?</a> <small>This was buried in the third paragraph of a Fox...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2009/12/07/were-taking-data-like-its-1999/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: We&#8217;re taking data like it&#8217;s 1999'>We&#8217;re taking data like it&#8217;s 1999</a> <small>This has been a whirlwind week for me. Ever since...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2010/02/22/dont-be-a-science-jerk/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Don&#8217;t be a science jerk'>Don&#8217;t be a science jerk</a> <small>Of late, I&#8217;ve written some things in my blog that,...</small></li>
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		<title>Thy will be done</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Updated on 2/25/2010: some of the language needed editing for clarity.
Updated on 2/23/2010: added discussion of the current state of the medieval warming period, and whether it was actually a global phenomenon. 
George Will&#8217;s opinion piece in today&#8217;s Washington Post serves as a textbook example of the current argument against acting on climate science. If [...]


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<li><a href='http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2010/02/22/dont-be-a-science-jerk/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Don&#8217;t be a science jerk'>Don&#8217;t be a science jerk</a> <small>Of late, I&#8217;ve written some things in my blog that,...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2010/02/23/when-values-meet-data/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: When values meet data'>When values meet data</a> <small>NPR ran a timely story tonight about how people with...</small></li>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t be a science jerk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of late, I&#8217;ve written some things in my blog that, upon reflection, make me a science jerk. For instance, in my recent discussion of media coverage of the climate science mistakes uncovered in the last four months, I pretty much made it sound like anybody who doubts climate science is an idiot and should suck [...]


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<li><a href='http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2009/09/08/fall-politics-science-perspectives/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Fall Politics &#8211; Science Perspectives'>Fall Politics &#8211; Science Perspectives</a> <small>It&#8217;s a good day to look ahead to politics and...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2010/01/21/nasa-report-on-global-average-temperatures/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: NASA Report on Global Average Temperatures'>NASA Report on Global Average Temperatures</a> <small>A beautiful press release from NASA just appeared which concisely...</small></li>
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		<title>Scholarship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Athletics at SMU can raised quite heated responses from members of the SMU academic community. This response is rooted in many things, but primarily a perception that student athletes are expected, or themselves expect, to achieve less in the academic realm than their non-athlete peers. Setting aside the reality for a moment, which is always [...]


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<li><a href='http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2010/02/22/healthcare-birthday-edition/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Healthcare: birthday edition'>Healthcare: birthday edition</a> <small>While attending my nephews&#8217; birthday party this weekend, I was...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2009/04/03/as-goes-texas-so-goes-textbooks/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: As goes Texas, so goes textbooks'>As goes Texas, so goes textbooks</a> <small>The case of a fired Texas Education Agency science director...</small></li>
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		<title>Healthcare: birthday edition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While attending my nephews&#8217; birthday party this weekend, I was told a horrific anecdote by one of my family members. Their employer recently bought a larger retail space not far from their original building. The employer relocated to the larger building and merged departments and personnel. In the process, they&#8217;ve changed health care plans, forcing [...]


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<li><a href='http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2009/04/04/cap-and-trade-meat-edition/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Cap and trade: meat edition'>Cap and trade: meat edition</a> <small>Jodi runs a Stanford post-doc book club, and a few...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2009/07/08/diabetes-inc/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Diabetes, Inc.'>Diabetes, Inc.</a> <small>Michael Pollan&#8217;s name keeps popping up. This past week, I...</small></li>
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		<title>Headlines wagging science?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was buried in the third paragraph of a Fox News story on climate change and the questions about some of the results reported by the British MET office and used in IPCC reports [1]:
Although the errors did not alter the bigger picture on climate change,  they were seized upon as a further sign [...]


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<li><a href='http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2010/02/22/thy-will-be-done/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Thy will be done'>Thy will be done</a> <small>Updated on 2/25/2010: some of the language needed editing for...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2010/02/15/a-lonely-stretch-of-beach/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: A lonely stretch of beach'>A lonely stretch of beach</a> <small>What do autism and climate change have in common? They...</small></li>
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		<title>A lonely stretch of beach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What do autism and climate change have in common? They are two sides of the same coin. On one side, you have autism, vaccines, and a single study from 1998 that was long touted as evidence of a link between the two. On the other side, you have climate-change deniers arguing that climate science is [...]


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<li><a href='http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/2010/02/23/when-values-meet-data/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: When values meet data'>When values meet data</a> <small>NPR ran a timely story tonight about how people with...</small></li>
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		<title>Confusing weather with climate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t have said it better:



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