Why is free-market capitalism so closely tied with republican lawmakers that don’t believe in evolution? Slate had a good parable about how changing time cause changing perception. Parable-enthusiasts and parable-aficionado should enjoy this story about what I consider the the heart of darkness of life: you can do everything right and still win or more [...]
I came up with an intelligence test which I call the Frevert Intelligence Test (FIT) because I don’t think any of the 500 Freverts have come up with one. This test is based not on asking if you know something, but demonstrating what you can do with what you know. There is no correct answer. [...]
One last video on DNA self-assembly that will blow your mind. My prediction is that this will be the new technology in 2030. I view us as being in the first of three stages of technology growth. The first stage is learning from basic principles to make things like cars, cell phones, and lasers. The [...]
I must suggest the blog about okcupid statistics, an online dating site started by some harvard math guys. It has some good statistical information that is wicked interesting. Some of the results are a bit controversial (race analysis, rape fantasies by state, and the value of life by state) On a lighter side, Zach Galifianakis’s [...]
At KAUST we just finished WEP (Winter Enrichment Period, or Why Even Participate) and today is the first day of the spring semester. WEP was a four week period meant to have us explore other fields of knowledge. I took a class on marine science because it was one of three classes I could get [...]