"What’s more, from the perspective of our era—when the humanities and social sciences are frequently defunded, dismissed, and derided—it’s surprising to see an unquestioned faith in the essential relationship between “hard” science and social science."
"For starters, the sheer level of vision on display is quite remarkable, making them at times seem more like science fiction novels than a government report."
Can someone recommend a short book on Object Oriented Programming for people new to software development? Just the core concepts, nothing fancy. And *not* academic! Preferredly Java, but a good explanation of the core concepts would be more important.
"And now the last one. The ultimate one." ...pause... *neutral voice* "A game show, in which candidates are presented a fact and have to answer with a question" ...pause... "What is, er, *was* Jeopardy! ?" #wedc
"Compared to main path analysis, we conclude that intermediacy offers a more principled approach for tracing the historical development of scientific knowledge."