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What's thaxis?
It's theory and "praxis," or in other words, practice. Thaxis is an ongoing discussion of bad and mythical theories that lead to bad practices. We tweak the future to flourish, by always questioning and exposing bad theory and its link to our current practice. The blog touches on any and all topics related to--what else?--theory and practice.
Update: In returning to thaxis years after actively posting, I'm more inclined to keep a journal of thoughts which may or may directly address a particular pain point, but will I hope converge on a picture of things that serves the basic purpose. In other words, read it to find out what I'm thinking about, and read it for discussion also of specific topics, as the case may be.
Erik J. Larson
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2 comments:
http://wattsupwiththat.com has had good analysis of Climategate, or whatever we are calling it now.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/11/20/mikes-nature-trick/ explains the "trick." "Lie", "fraud", or "deception" would be a better term.
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