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The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

Climate science: Changes in the cryosphere and climate denialism [UU lecture notes]

This lecture was given by Veijo Pohjola, Professor at the Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala. He’s been working with glaciers for about 40 years. These are my rough notes and paraphrased questions/answers.

Placebo effect [UU lecture notes]

This lecture was given by Tomas Furmark, Professor of Psychology at Uppsala University. My rough notes are below. Note that all of this, including the question/answer sections, is paraphrased - not exact quotes.

Kalam cosmological argument for the existence of God

For one of my cosmology course assignments I had to pick either the ontological or a version of the cosmological argument for the existence of God, discuss what I think is its weakest point, and attempt to strengthen it. I then presented a version of my answer as part of a seminar, together with a partner who answered a different but ultmimately related question related to cosmology and religion.

Perception and cognition lecture notes

This past Tuesday we had a lecture on perception and cognition as part of the Good and Bad Science course I’m taking. My rough notes are below.

Homemade pasta and snow adventures

The year is in full swing. I’m back at work after the holidays and in a couple of weeks the term starts as well.