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What would you do in his position?
01.18.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

So, I am my friend is in quite a conundrum at the moment. He is in the process of choosing the location of his future medical education, but has ran into a potential conflict of interest. He has a laundry list of schools to choose from, but only two schools really stand out in his [...]
Interdisciplinary action
01.07.09 | Permalink | Comment?

There are an infinite number of problems with our education system, and there are an infinite number of criticisms that are absent solutions. Let’s call this rant “Infinite +1.”
Reflecting now on my teenage years when I was too busy being rebellious to pay attention to school, I notice there was an element missing in my [...]
The brain exercise myth
11.24.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Drinking red wine to fend off dementia?
Listening to classical music to boost performance?
Breathing through your left nostril?
…
Huh?
Well, all of these have one thing in common: according to Dr. Sergio Della Salla, Professor of Human Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Edinburgh, they are false.
‘A lot of these myths take a little bit of science to [...]
Learning by blogging
08.17.08 | Permalink | Comment?

This blog is still quite new, but I have certainly learned a lesson in the short time it has been around: posting consistently is much harder than it looks. And while I have yet to figure out just how to motivate myself to post on a daily basis, I have begun to catch a glimpse [...]