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bengoldacre

  1. 2010 pics like something from Ghostbusters RT @edyong209: Fewer Birds Trapped by 9/11 Tribute Lights This Year @9brandon is.gd/m0zj1J
  2. some interesting finessing and (maybe) new features to come, including the "find me the nerdiest route from A to B" nerdyrouteplanner!
  3. haha nerdydaytrips.com is moving to a larger server to cope with all you lovely nerds! thanks @applecado!!
  4. great school data project by my friend @rob_aldridge bit.ly/pv9oQp
  5. @WomanOnTheBoard @mgtmccartney yup, not interested in a very dull unnuancable argument about education on twitter in 140chars, i'm out!
  6. @mgtmccartney i mean, we've not met, and i don't want to start a dinner party stalwart. apart from anything else i dont go to dinner parties
  7. @mgtmccartney tbh i wld accept streaming if alternative is poor comprehensive education at slowest's pace and rich buying posh homes/schools
  8. @cpwaite . generic critical view on trreatments of mental illness. far from it. many better examples, with evidence, kirsch, moncrief., etc
  9. @cpwaite it is simply an odd thing to assert, in the face of all the evidence. you seem to believe he's the inheritor of some kind of...
  10. @cpwaite there are no differences in therapeutic approach that flow from accepting, or not accepting, a genetic component.
  11. @cpwaite my concern on schizophrenia is he says there is no genetic component. that is foolish and flies in the face of all evidence.
  12. @cpwaite to be clear, Oliver James is the one advocating for widespread and borderline indiscriminate use of medication
  13. @steinsky it;s what non scientists think a scientist should look like.
  14. @steinsky no wonder the media like him. unambigiuous certainty an authority. same with greenfield and sigman.
  15. @mgtmccartney however it happens, there are clever kids in the world and they deserve access to knowledge, in my view: programming and ebm.
  16. @steinsky is that true? maybe he really feels that, but it sounds kind of ugly, when it's people in distress.
  17. @mgtmccartney have you read around the ICT teaching? it's weak. Learning to use Word and Excel. Like if Home Economics was "how to eat food"
  18. iirc it's in the context of a conversation with Jack Straw, if you want to find it in index and post a photo, not seen a copy for years.
  19. if anyone has a copy of Oliver James' Britain On The Couch you will find him saying we sld throw SSRIs out like smarties. V v v unwise stuff
  20. @JamesLock is that right? post on it.