Monthly Archives: November 2012

Egregiously Stupid Arguments Against Science For The Sake Of Science

Posted on November 30, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Craig and Marc Kielburger are the founders of an international charity based on the idea of empowering youth into social activism. I’m sure that they are both absolutely wonderful and saintly Human beings. I would be remiss, however, if I … Continue reading →

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Concerning Mediaevalism

Posted on November 29, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Ask Voxcorvegis has attracted its first customer! Reader Zinemin asks an excellent question: What was it like to study mediaeval history? How did studying Physics and studying mediaeval history compare? Which did you enjoy more and why? Zinemin is of … Continue reading →

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Ask!

Posted on November 29, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Sometimes, I must confess, I have difficulty thinking of things to blog about. For that reason, diligent readers may note that I have established an “Ask Voxcorvegis” page, so that I can occasionally spare myself the troubling necessity of having … Continue reading →

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Students Break My Heart (Part the Second)

Posted on November 28, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

A few days after I wrote that last, heart-rending tale of interactions with my students, I happened to run in to the very student who had said such nice things about me. The only difference was that I was presenting … Continue reading →

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A Badge of Honour

Posted on November 27, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

My friends, I harbour in my heart a simple dream: a dream that one day, I will somehow manage to piss one of Stephen Harper’s pathetic subhuman lickspittles* off enough that it will somehow magically become the business of Her … Continue reading →

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Conquests

Posted on November 25, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

This Friday was apparently one of those rare days upon which everything spontaneously goes right. By this I mean that I was able to make a series of conquests in various different fields, among them: Thesis Research: You may recall … Continue reading →

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Not This Again

Posted on November 24, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

A few hours ago, someone I know on facebook, apparently without any sense of irony, posted the following macro: Now, I actually find this one to be fairly humourous, on account of the fact that it actually does sound very … Continue reading →

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Of Misogyny

Posted on November 23, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Misogyny is, of course, alive and well in contemporary society: however, high-profile misogynists generally take pains to cloak their detestation of the female gender underneath a series of abstractions and polite-sounding euphemisms. For this reason, it is in some ways … Continue reading →

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Patterns to Chaos

Posted on November 21, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Could someone explain to me why it is that no matter what research project I undertake in no matter which subject, sooner or later I will find that my result ultimately hinges upon calculating the determinant of some truly hideous … Continue reading →

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Concerning Disabilities

Posted on November 21, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

I’ve been alluding to this in various entries for the past little while, so please pardon me while I attempt to tackle it head on. You all know that I have Asperger’s Syndrome, but I’ve never really considered this to … Continue reading →

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