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Monday, July 4th, 2011

2007 IPCC climate model predictions compared to what actually happened. I hope the discrepancy will be enlightening.
In response to food safety scares, the Chinese Health Ministry has announced measures to combat and contain ‘the few media organizations that are deliberately misleading the public.’”
Dangerous hospitals. “Only 14 percent of physicians favored making hospital errors public.”
Track your breath.

Thanks to Dennis Mangan.

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Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

FT on the First Quantified Self Conference
great library of articles about hormesis. Such as Hotel Hormesis (from the MIT undergraduate research journal).
Pay attention to lunch. “Rated vividness of lunch memory was negatively correlated with snack intake.”
Dean of medicine at the University of Alberta plagiarizes well-known graduation speech. Philosophy professor says this “merits no more than a wrist-slap.” In an apology, the dean says the actual author “was flattered by my use of his text and took no offense,” apparently unaware that boasting is not appropriate in an apology.
More plagiarism by Canadian medical school professors — this time in a report on medical ethics.
The philosophy of CureTogether

Thanks to Grace Jone, Anne Weiss and Bryon Castañeda.

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Sunday, June 12th, 2011

n=1 tests of low-carb products. Are low-carb versions of everyday foods (such as pasta) better for your blood sugar, as claimed?
Chelation improves Alzheimer’s. After lengthy trial and error.
How to teach computer programming. The article contains a quote (“That student is taught the best who is told the least”) from Robert Moore, a college mathematics teacher. An article by Paul Halmos about Moore’s method (“The best way to learn is to do” it began) inspired me to start my self-experimentation.
Overview of the first Quantified Self conference

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