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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Don’t discuss papers you get to review with your lab group!
One of the things about disagreement, particularly in the Midwest, I think, is that it comes as much from what is not said as from what is said. In this case, I think the consensus is that it is NOT … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing your work
Tagged Confidentiality, creativity, lab meeting, meetings, new ideas, refereeing
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Agreement and disagreement in social evolution: insight from David Queller
There was a lot of attention given to an erroneous argument against Hamilton’s theory of inclusive fitness, the role of haplodiploidy, and the evolution of eusociality a couple of years ago. In a recent blog, Masatoshi Nei has resurrected it, … Continue reading
Posted in sociobiology
Tagged additive effects, altruism, game theory, haplodiploidy, inclusive fitness, kin selection, social insects, sociobiology
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Can you discuss a paper you got to review with your lab group?
Recently I got a very interesting paper to review. I reviewed it promptly, sent in a very positive review, then realized it would be fun to discuss with our lab group. I labeled it “confidential,” then sent it around for … Continue reading
Xenophobia – can we get rid of it? Can we understand it in Arizona?
What kind of meeting do you like best, the kind where everyone has the same background you do, or the kind where there are people of different backgrounds? If the meeting is too large, there will be a natural tendency … Continue reading
Posted in Scientific meetings
Tagged New York Times, Arizona State University, Xenophobia, Rebecca Saxe, Jeffrey Sachs, Social Sciences, Psychology, Phobia, Washington University in St. Louis, Charles Blow, Kim Hill, Herbert Gintis, Brad Armendt, Robert Boyd, Frans DeWall, Freeman Dyson, Michael Hchter, Bert Hölldobler, Douglas Kenrick, Lawrence Kraus, Robert Kurzban, Manfred Laubichler, Carlos Navarrete, Steven Neuberg, David Queller, Laurie Santos, Mark Schaller, Jim Sidanius, Joan Silk, Richard Wrangham
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