The Economist this week takes on the myth that we need our education system and economy to produce more scientists and engineers. If scientists and engineers are so valuable, why do they make less money than doctors, lawyers and business consultants? I shudder every time I hear doom predicted because of Asian engineers.
…doomsayers are guilty of the
The latest roundup of links at New Space News is up.
Ann Althouse (who’s guest blogging over at Instapundit while Glenn does vital research on diving equipment in the Caymans) asks if it’s bigoted to say that homosexual men are more promiscuous than heterosexual men.
Well, of course it’s not (despite the fact that Ann Coulter said it). It’s an obvious fact. But it’s not because homosexual men are hornier than heterosexual men–it’s because their partners are both much more willing and eager to put out, and to put up with promiscuity. Women serve as a governor on the libidinous urges of men. When men do it with men, there’s nothing to damp the activity level.
I’m flying back to Florida Friday night. It looks like the first business of the day will be putting up the shutters. I sure don’t like the track of this storm. If it holds up, it’s headed right for Palm Beach County.
[Update late morning EDT]
The latest track looks a little better for us, but not good for the Keys.
This is old news that I missed while at the NewSpace conference, but Lileks has a screed up about Howard Dean and the war that’s still timely. It’s funny, and sad (as Lileks often is):
…the revelatory moment in Dean
Clark Lindsey has scored an interview with Glenn Reynolds on the subject of space.
He also has an interesting update on plans for Kistler.
Why is this not a functional declaration of war?
Iran awarded Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez its highest state medal on Sunday for supporting Tehran in its nuclear standoff with the international community, while Chavez urged the world to rise up and defeat the U.S., state-run media in both countries reported…
“Let’s save the human race, let’s finish off the U.S. empire,” Chavez said. “This (task) must be assumed with strength by the majority of the peoples of the world.”
Someone was asking last week about pictures from the NewSpace Conference, other than the one of Misuzu and her space fashions. Jeff Foust has put some up on Flikr.
Lileks reviews it as only Lileks can:
The length. Any movie that seeks to immerse you in the wonderful world of insects yet makes you yearn for the exterminator to show up has gone on too long. And not just because you know that
Inspector Clouseau is alive and well (well, at least as well as he can ever be said to be) at the LA Times.