... the neglected blog of
Larry Olin Horn.
Unless otherwise indicated, anything I've posted here is strictly my personal (probably ill-formed) opinion and should not be construed as representing any other person's or entity's views or positions on anything.
“You’ve been accused of wizardry.” Now that’s what I call a whopper of a career-ending phone call.
According to Presto! Teacher Out Of A Job, Piculas (the teacher) claims this is the result of a student being traumatized by a simple magic trick, using a toothpick and transparent tape, which Piculas demonstrated and showed [...]
The statistics at Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 are disturbing. Here are some sample questions, and the percentage of correct answers (1864 adults, in 2006):
45% - Lasers work by focusing sound waves. (False)
56% - Antibiotics kill viruses as well as bacteria. (False)
76% - Does the Earth go around the Sun, or does the Sun [...]
