links for 2007-10-16

16Oct07

• Science is the pursuit of the truth, not consensus
  The route to knowledge is transparency in disagreement and openness in debate. The route to truth is the pluralist expression of conflicting views in which, often not as quickly as we might like, good ideas drive out bad.
  (tags: essay sociology_of_knowledge)
• Four things named after Frank Zappa
  (tags: rock)
• the blogger’s transformation of the academic sphere
  “is it acceptable for a person to blog about a workshop or seminar presentation?”
  (tags: sociology)
• A Mock Columnist, Amok – New York Times
  I Am an Op-Ed Columnist (And So Can You!)

  By STEPHEN COLBERT

  (tags: op-ed politics funny)

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