In the beginning…
I should probably come up with something exciting for the inaugural post of polyscience.org. Unfortunately after a long day at work, my brain is not cooperating. I hope to have a post or two up tomorrow on the subject matter that this site is to be about.
What is this site about?
Well I love science. I’m what you might call a science enthusiast, and I’d like to share my love of science with the world. I’m not an expert, nor am I an amateur. To call myself one or the other would be a discredit to the amateurs of old and the experts of today. Nonetheless, I like to think I know a little bit more about science than most. That could be my ego talking, but I think you have to have something of an ego to write something that anyone can read and criticize.
What can be found here?
What you will find here is anything science-related, ranging from pure science to the impact of science on society. Mostly the former, but some of the latter. Some posts will be more in-depth, and some will be more blog-ish where I quote something and post a link to something that I thought was cool. Some philosophy as it relates to science will also be covered.
The subject matter will likely be diverse. I’m interested in almost everything: physics, medicine, computer science, and it’s likely that I’ll even post something chemistry-related at some point as well. (The horror!)
What is my background?
I’m currently working on my Doctor of Pharmacy degree (PharmD). You might think this isn’t very conducive to knowing much about the more traditional sciences like physics — and you would be right. Nonetheless, I spend a lot of my free time (of which there seems to be very little) reading books on cosmology and other subjects. I am weak in math: you won’t see my pontificating on anything other than cutesy little basic math things, because I do not enjoy mathematics, nor am I especially good at it. (But I’m not bad at it either.)
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As you are studying for the PharmD, perhaps you can use your studies to teach us, your general but interested readers. For example, I’m willing to read what you, an emerging expert, have to say about how pharmacology works both technically and “politically,” what the hot topics in pharmacy are, and perhaps how you see your expertise/special interests working in the community around. I, for one, have a special interest in scientific fraud. With no special expertise of my own, I love to fulminate over cooked data, plagiarism, intellectual theft, professional negligence, misrepresentation, etc. (the idea being that exposing fraud diminishes it).
Anyway, these are just shared thoughts with no criticism intended. I wish you the very best of luck with your blog.
Comment by Old Asterisk — July 6, 2005 @ 10:47 am