Links for you. Science:
What Happens When Underperforming Big Ideas in Research Become Entrenched?
A Reptile Dysfunction
There’s Nothing Green About Jill Stein’s Vaccine Stance
Puerto Rico is being pummeled by Zika, with hundreds of cases of birth defects feared
Scientists scour the globe for a drug to kill deadly brain-eating amoeba
Other:
Philadelphia Stories: From Reagan to Trump to the DNC
Clinton vs. Trump: 100 days from the election
Outwit. Outlast. Outplay. Outorganize.
Quick Note On Seattle Minimum Wage Study
The ‘smoking gun’ proving North Carolina Republicans tried to disenfranchise black voters
VP Nominee Tim Kaine Says He Supports the Hyde Amendment After All
Why Trump Supporters Think He’ll Win
How ‘Competitiveness’ Became One of the Great Unquestioned Virtues of Contemporary Culture
Donald Trump Is a Republican
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down The Worst Voter Suppression Law In The Nation
How Questions About Density Complicate the Sun Belt Growth Narrative
Mute and Alone, He Was Never Short of Kind Words or Friends
Why does it matter that Donald Trump is not a novelty?
AG faces sexist, antigay slurs after imposing gun ban
Was the Rise of Neoliberalism the Root Cause of Extreme Inequality?
Secret Emails Show Kevin Johnson Spying On, Attempting To Bankrupt Enemies
25 Progressive Reforms Hillary Clinton Promised to Work Toward If Elected President
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On underperforming big ideas – https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Gartner_Hype_Cycle.svg/1280px-Gartner_Hype_Cycle.svg.png
My Hype Cycle experience is with hyperspectral imaging. In the late 90s and early 00s pretty much all you had to do was mention “hyperspectral imaging” in a proposal and someone from DoD (or maybe NIH) would throw money at you. Lo and behold, people more* isn’t always better.
* More spectral bands and more (higher) resolution.
Tom Sullivan gets it – “Outwit. Outlast. Outplay. Outorganize.”
http://www.snopes.com/is-green-party-candidate-jill-stein-anti-vaccine/