Sometimes all it takes is a couple of words to open up whole new perspectives.
What is this thing called “Kurtosis?”
Kurtosis could lead to a more accurate expression of the damage potential from noise exposures.
Big Data and the reassembly of reality II
I’ve been eyeing the reality horizon for some time new, wondering when the realities we live in will intersect the realities we construct. Of course this dichotomy has existed since humans began reflecting on our relationship with our surroundings –…
Big Data and the reassembly of reality I
Data is not much more than snapshots of something we want to understand taken through a familiar lens. Of course this presupposes a few conditions: that we’ve identified a relationship we want to explore, and that the data we…
Big Data and the assembly of reality
The delight in systems thinking is that it provides novel opportunities to observe interactions that would not be revealed in reductionist evaluation of data targeted at a specific hypothesis.
Second field report from Washington DC
Typically, when we hit Washington DC, there is some pending legislation or policy reauthorization taking place. These events are usually timed to coincide with “Capitol Hill Ocean Week” (CHOW) which draws a parade of ocean conservation interests to argue and inform lawmakers and regulators about the attendant issues.
First field report from Washington DC
We’ve just returned from Washington DC, where the first week of June is “Ocean Week” with the question “Will NOAA ever become independent of the Department of Commerce?”
Report from Louisville ASA meeting
I spent the better part of last week at an Acoustical Society conference in Louisville, Kentucky. I am glad that the conference was interesting because as cities go, Louisville isn’t. (Having a museum of baseball bats as a major cultural…
Oiling up for the Long Game
Frustrated by the lack of subservience by many states, the oil administration is attempting to roll back our Constitutional rights on a number of fronts to advance their “American Energy Dominance” agenda. It has become abundantly clear that quite a…