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Monthly Archives: September 2002
A Sucker is Born…
….every minute
You’ve seen it on TV, heard it on the radio, and read it in your local newspapers, “Our Public Water Supply Is Polluted and Dangerous!”
Look, Ma – No Hands!
My Intro to Neuroscience professor, Dr. David Wood, would have substituted “brain” for “mind”.
Controlling Robots with the Mind
People with nerve or limb injuries may one day be able to command wheelchairs, prosthetics and even paralyzed arms and legs by “thinking them through” the motions
By Miguel A. L. Nicolelis and John K. Chapin
Inaccuracies in TV Reporting
The terrorism hoax in South Florida seemed to be the start of a game of “Telephone” amongst the TV news stations, with the initial information getting more and more distorted with each telling. If we want a really free press we should be aware of these (sometimes egregious) errors. Yet another reason to turn off the TV…
TV dots airwaves with inaccuracies
…a wretched performance — worse yet, a wretched performance that dragged on for eight hours, terrorizing South Florida and smearing the daylights out of three medical students who can be counted on to contribute heavily to the next edition of the travel guide What Sucks About South Florida.
A Good Reflection For the First Anniversary
This is a particularly valuable time to reflect on oneself and on America, something I’ve been doing off and on for the past few days, even as I’ve been frantically getting ready for my first Anatomy exam tomorrow.
On Sept. 5, the Economist published an excellent article on Americans and Sept. 11. The magazine gets particular kudos for looking at the religious character of America, an extremely important aspect of our identity (G.K. Chesterton called America “a nation with the soul of a church”) that the media and academia consistently get wrong or neglect entirely. I found it very valuable as I reflected on myself and my country, and I hope you enjoy it today.