With Aisha Tyler, Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady. Guest: comedian Jeff Davis. Games performed: Let's Make a Date, Irish Drinking Song, Sound Effects, Props, Greatest Hits.
👓 Titans of Mathematics Clash Over Epic Proof of ABC Conjecture | Quanta Magazine
Erica Klarreich (Quanta Magazine)Two mathematicians have found what they say is a hole at the heart of a proof that has convulsed the mathematics community for nearly six years.
This break in the story of the ABC conjecture is sure to make that portion of Mike Miller’s upcoming math class on Gems And Astonishments of Mathematics: Past and Present at UCLA much more interesting.
📺 "The Big Bang Theory" The Bow Tie Asymmetry | CBS
Directed by Mark Cendrowski. With Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg. When Amy's parents and Sheldon's family arrive, everybody is focused to make sure all wedding arrangements go according to plan - everyone except the bride and groom.
👓 Scientists Gave MDMA to Octopuses—and What Happened Was Profound | Gizmodo
When humans take the drug MDMA, versions of which are known as molly or ecstasy, they commonly feel very happy, extraverted, and particularly interested in physical touch. A group of scientists recently wondered whether this drug might have a similar effect on other species—specifically, octopuses, which are seemingly as different from humans as an animal can be. The results of their experiment, in which seven octopuses took MDMA, were “unbelievable.”
📺 "Modern Family" Clash of Swords | ABC
Directed by James Alan Hensz. With Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell. In the Season 9 finale, Mitchell sneaks out to "Hero-Con" with fanboy Phil, dressed as their favorite characters from the show "Clash of Swords." It's great until Phil commits the ultimate fan faux pas. In a clash of another kind, Gloria's dinosaur party for Joe is ruined when her nemesis, Dr. Donna Duncan, upstages her with a far bigger and better party right next door.
👓 How Not to Report on an Earthquake | New York Times
What I got wrong in Haiti in 2010, and why it matters.
I’m not quite surprised at several of these at all. I am surprised that there are so many that are regularly and poorly reported however. People are too focused on the “story” and the expected narrative to get parts of the reporting right.
❤️ dancohen tweet about Prince archivist
Dan Cohen (Twitter)When they announced the search for a Prince archivist, I envisioned someone obsessively creating an amazing Prince Metadata Schema, rather than just monetizing the archive. https://t.co/h9QmCjLLeD
— Dan Cohen (@dancohen) September 20, 2018
🎧 Is Online Dating Destroying Romance? | Crazy/Genius | The Atlantic
Derek Thompson from Crazy/Genius | The AtlanticTwo sociologists debate the merits of online dating and discuss their research on the history of romance in America.
Interestingly no discussion of satisficing.
👓 Wil Wheaton Leaves Mastodon | jeffmueller.net
Jeff Mueller (jeffmueller.net)I’m done with social media. Maybe I just don’t fit into whatever the social media world is. I mean, the people who are all over the various Mastodon instances made it really clear that I wasn’t welcome there (with a handful of notable, joyful, exceptions, mostly related to my first baby steps ...
🔖 A New Factor in Evolution by James Mark Baldwin | The American Naturalist: Vol 30, No 354
In several recent publications I have developed, from different points of view, some considerations which tend to bring out a certain influence at work in organic evolution which I venture to call "a new factor". I give below the list of references [1] to these publications and shall refer to them by number as this paper proceeds. The object of the present paper is to gather into one sketch an outline of the view of the process of development which these different publications have hinged upon.
The problems involved in a theory of organic development may be gathered up under three great heads: Ontogeny, Phylogeny, Heredity. The general consideration, the " factor " which I propose to bring out, is operative in the first instance, in the field of Ontogeny; I shall consequently speak first of the problem of Ontogeny, then of that of Phylogeny, in so far as the topic dealt with makes it necessary, then of that of Heredity, under the same limitation, and finally, give some definitions and conclusions.