#martingardner — Public Fediverse posts

@anathema_device
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And folk getting out over their skis:
" 2021 review .. ashwagandha ...“small but significant effect on overall sleep”
vs
Musgrave, “Is there any point in buying expensive supplements with the possibility of getting liver damage when there’s no really significant benefit to be had?”

Sometimes skeptics seem to lack rigor.

And do avoid heavy metal intakes.

cf #MartinGardner on #GeneralSemantics & #AlfredKorzybski
https://www.academia.edu/1067337/In_The_Name_Of_Skepticism_Martin_Gardners_Misrepresentations_of_General_Semantics

#Quotes #History #Boneheads #TeachingHistory #BiographicalHistory #MartinGardner

Biographical history, as taught in our public schools, is still largely a history of boneheads: ridiculous kings and queens, paranoid political leaders, compulsive voyagers, ignorant generals, the flotsam and jetsam of historical currents. The men who radically altered history, the great creative scientists and mathematicians, are seldom mentioned if at all. -Martin Gardner, mathematician and writer (21 Oct 1914-2010)

@yvanspijk
AIUI #Cybernetics has strong links with #GeneralSemantics which is poo-hooed by some #Skeptics due to an approach taken by #MartinGardner that is disputed in the article below.

https://www.academia.edu/1067337/In_The_Name_Of_Skepticism_Martin_Gardners_Misrepresentations_of_General_Semantics

A questo aggiungo un vecchio posto che ho dedicato al problema del commesso viaggiatore

https://dropseaofulaula.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-rompicapi-di-alice-il-problema-del.html

#rompicapi #rompicapidiAlice #SamLoyd #MartinGardner #matematica

A questo aggiungo un vecchio posto che ho dedicato al problema del commesso viaggiatore

https://dropseaofulaula.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-rompicapi-di-alice-il-problema-del.html

#rompicapi #rompicapidiAlice #SamLoyd #MartinGardner #matematica