21.09.06
42 days in Canada.
Today’s lecture in Political Science was on research method. The lecture was done by the library’s political science specialist, and was a really well-composed one of its kind on how to do research. Amongst other things, she recommended using a research log, logging every search, every result, every quote — so you know what you’ve done and what you haven’t.
Philosophy class saw my being accused of being a stalker, because one of my classmates swore he’d seen me in all his classes. Turned out we only had philosophy in common. I tell you, not only am I stalking this guy, I’m even hiring people who look like me to sign up for his other classes.
We’re well into science in Liberal Education, and it’s all about the dead bodies. When the professor is a PhD in archeology, no wonder. Today’s lecture was dedicated to the topic “How do scientists know?” — appropriately enough, we spent 20 minutes watching clips from CSI. And then another 10 minutes taking CSI apart and making a case for why it isn’t representative.
Stephystar said,
September 24, 2006 at 01:23
You got to watch CSI in class? Oh, sign me up!
krikkert said,
October 2, 2006 at 09:41
Yes, we do indeed. Only for scientific purposes, of course.