It is "El Niño", stupid!

"El Niño" is going to create severe and prolonged climate changes during the next few months. That is what NASA just released in a Dec. 29 statement (read it HERE).

Please, try not to do the logical inference from "El Niño" -> Temporal change in climate, but the other way round: Climate change -> Change in "El Niño" features.

Better now?

Truth and Fallacy in Educational Theory

I am thinking of buying this book:

I really find it hard:

a) to understand the way we try to teach our "pupils" today. I just inherit the aims others had before for the subjects which I give lectures in the university for.

b) to understand why students today do NOT want to learn.

Will I have to re-invent myself before being able to teach?

Will I have to learn the very basic foundations about how students acquire knowledge?

It doesn't seem to be just a matter of a new way to look at EPISTEMOLOGY

A different way to look at the amazing Earth

Earth's beauty is just one click away.

Go to: "NASA Earth Observatory"

My field has an impact - Data Science for Social Good

I am happy and proud to read how my research field evolves and what some people spend their time in:

DATA SCIENCE FOR SOCIAL GOOD

There are projects particularly interesting for me. For instance:

"College Persistence: Helping Students Beyond High School Graduation"

I am here for you - my son

Please, always remind me that you must grow up the way you WANT

The Aral Sea: the sea that was

We are able to reach the most commendable achievements, but our power to destroy is infinite.

There were port-cities in the Aral sea. The cities are still there, but the sea is not there anymore.

The water was necessary for something else.

15 minutes of fame

I think everybody needs to feel accepted by the community, but the way a person would like them to accept him/her varies substantially among us.

Some people need to hear they are beautiful, some other need to hear they are smart, and others just need to hear they care someone else.

In science, do we need to feel we are "recognised" by our colleages?

How do we need them to recognise us?

Have you never felt you are in a spiral like movement where the more you publish the more you need to?

Why?

What for?

I think only a few things really matter in life.

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

Terminators? No, thank you!

It seems we are within reach to create Artificial Intelligent machines that may be able to autonomously behave like soldiers in the battlefield.

I found an open letter HERE through Prof. Bernhard Schölkopf web page

This is an open debate that is happening now, and should!

Organisations like Future of Life Institute seem to be doing a good job.

Maths And Women

Or (read the following interview to Prof. Ingrid Daubechies):

"Maths is (also) for women"

Amazing grace

8000 years ago, europeans were not white. Please have a look at the following Science journal report HERE

My heart shakes when I see people hate each other because of color skin.

USA is a great country, I can say it, and I can believe it when I hear "Amazing grace" HERE

My son grows up so fast!

"NASA Releases Detailed Global Climate Change Projections"

HERE

Shame on you, humanity: Please give us water!

I have no words for this (LINK)

Journal of Universal Rejection

All the issues are empty? :-)

Link to the journal HERE.

Machines that think (Prof. Tomaso Poggio)

It seems to me we are still far away from the appearance of what we might call an "intelligent machine". In particular, should our definition of an intelligent machine be dependent on new/emergent understanding of what we can even consider that "human intelligence" is?.

I think so. I recommend you to read this short interview to Prof. Tomaso Poggio (link HERE).

In this moment of life - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I think the following article is worth to be read:

"What Ruth Bader Ginsburg Taught Me About Being a Stay-at-Home Dad" (you can find it HERE)

that I could find when reading Dr. Laura Balzano's Blog

Enjoy!

Impostor Syndrome

I came accross this sentence when I arrived at Alexandra K. Schofield web page. In particular, in her blog

Wikipedia defines this syndrome as (link HERE):

"Impostor syndrome is a psychological phenomenon in which people are unable to internalize their accomplishments. Despite external evidence of their competence, those with the syndrome remain convinced that they are frauds and do not deserve the success they have achieved. Proof of success is dismissed as luck, timing, or as a result of deceiving others into thinking they are more intelligent and competent than they believe themselves to be. Notably, impostor syndrome is particularly common among high-achieving women".

Probably also happens in other situations (under-represented minorities)?.

2014 is the warmest year in record

NASA just published the following release:

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/january/nasa-determines-2014-warmest-year-in-modern-record/#.VLk1bStfZ5p