Meditation program a ‘game changer’ for rough schools

Here’s another arrow — or astra, if you will — in the quiver arguing for allowing yoga and meditation in schools and for kids and young adults. It is an Op-Ed from the San Francisco Chronicle. The author, David Kirp, is a well-respected professor at UC Berkeley who has a reputation for telling things like they are […]

Interpreting Statistical Evidence

http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/05/interpreting-statistical-evidence.html 1)  In evaluating any study try to take into account the amount of background noise.  That is, remember that the more hypotheses which are tested and the less selection which goes into choosing hypotheses the more likely it is that you are looking at noise. 2) Bigger samples are better.  (But note that even […]

6/24 Destination: Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Beyonce: A Change Gon’ Come

Why A Change Gonnna Come is one of my favorite songs Beyonce took time this weekend to give the city of Detroit this powerful tribute. Sam Cooke’s A Change is Gonna Come is an amazing, soulful song. It is incredibly powerful when you listen to it and think of the 60’s Civil Rights Movement. It […]