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The Value of Stuff

April 8th, 2010 · → 9 Comments

500 Words on Thursday | Written by Lee Schneider I have stuff. I’ve used eBay to sell some. In the past I would put a camera up for auction and it would sell at a profit, like a hot stock. But more recently, I put up my entire Rollei camera outfit. It was a classic [...]

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Homeopathy and the Christian Nation

February 25th, 2010 · → 7 Comments

Written by Lee Schneider I say there are two factors that contribute to a good blog. First, good writing; second, you have to annoy somebody. I promise to do at least one of those things today. Let’s start with homeopathy. Recently, I wrote about a group in the UK called 10:23. Their goal was to [...]

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Spitting into the Future

October 29th, 2009 · → 4 Comments

It’s been said that the future will be much like the present, only longer.  But knowing the future would change your life. If you knew the exact location of your death you might avoid that place and buy a few more years.  (“No, I can’t go to the Teacups ride at Disneyland ever again and [...]

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Where Do Ideas Come From?

March 19th, 2009 · → 7 Comments

I know where ideas come from. They come from coffee. While living in Italy, I drank five espresso coffees a day and had lots of ideas. One of those ideas was this: Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation. Unless I wanted to become a professional insomniac I needed an alternative.

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Sex and the Lab

March 12th, 2009 · → 5 Comments

Written by Lee Schneider, founder of DocuCinema. Taking risks. Going on a hunch. These are not words I’d associate with university or corporate science. In those often male dominated labs everybody seems to be on tenure track or fretting about funding. Change is coming … and it’s female. According the New York Times, women constitute [...]

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The Incredible Power of Chance Events

February 27th, 2009 · → 9 Comments

Had the moment been engineered by unseen forces, or by the simple action of a woman moving to the window to see if it was raining? Forty years ago I plucked a paperback from a shelf and half a world away a woman decided to accept Borges’ offer to become his secretary and later, wife. Try figuring the odds of she and I meeting someday and your head might explode.

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Darwin and Chopra’s Pick Up Basketball Game

February 19th, 2009 · → 5 Comments

You’re choosing sides for a pickup ball game between the New York Logics and the California Intuitives. The guy leaning on the fence has a great jump shot and is obsessed with hard data. He goes to the Logics. The guy in three point land always makes the right move without thinking about it. He’ll play for the Intuitives. Easy choices? What side are you playing on?

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Begin

February 12th, 2009 · → 4 Comments

Right now, we’re at a crossroads where the usual definitions melt away. It’s an intersection of science and spirit. There are some curious discussions happening out there. So each week, on Thursday, I’ll offer you 500 words about the questions people are asking.

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