{"id":796,"date":"2008-02-18T08:46:38","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T08:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/02\/18\/feel-free-to-smack-him-for-me\/"},"modified":"2008-02-18T08:46:38","modified_gmt":"2008-02-18T08:46:38","slug":"feel-free-to-smack-him-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/02\/18\/feel-free-to-smack-him-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Feel free to smack him for me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/385\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics\/how_it_works.png?w=840\" alt=\"'How it works' from xkcd.com\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It actually took me a second to get it &#8211; how annoying that a web comic would actually be subtle enough to challenge a little :-).<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/bias\/\" title=\"bias\">bias<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/discrimination\/\" title=\"discrimination\">discrimination<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/education\/\" title=\"Education\">Education<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/feminism\/\" title=\"feminism\">feminism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/mathematics\/\" title=\"Mathematics\">Mathematics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/science\/\" title=\"Science\">Science<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2010\/05\/12\/we-invest-in-research-but-what-about-teaching\/\" title=\"We invest in research, but what about teaching? (12 May 10)\">We invest in research, but what about teaching?<\/a> (2)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/01\/10\/we-have-to-help-them-understand-science-matters\/\" title=\"We have to help them understand:  Science matters! (10 Jan 08)\">We have to help them understand:  Science matters!<\/a> (1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It actually took me a second to get it &#8211; how annoying that a web comic would actually be subtle enough to challenge a little :-). Tags: bias, discrimination, Education, feminism, Mathematics, Science Related posts We invest in research, but what about teaching? (2) We have to help them understand: Science matters! 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I frequently run into faculty that are very intent on holding on to their teaching\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computing","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/computing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":479,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/02\/19\/theres-a-carnival-of-mathematics\/","url_meta":{"origin":796,"position":1},"title":"There&#8217;s a Carnival of Mathematics!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"19 Feb 07","format":false,"excerpt":"math Originally uploaded by Akash k. I just stumbled across the fact that there's a new Carnival of Mathematics, with their first edition up a bit over a week ago. The next edition is due to be posted on the 23rd on Good Math, Bad Math. Thanks to The Science\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mathematics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mathematics","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/mathematics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":608,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/07\/29\/high-school-math-teh-good\/","url_meta":{"origin":796,"position":2},"title":"High school math = Teh Good","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"29 Jul 07","format":false,"excerpt":"Pharyngula has a nice discussion of report looking at the impact of high school math and science classes on performance in university science courses. The short version? Definitely take math, as that improves performance in all the sciences in the study (biology, chemistry, and physics). 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