Archive for July, 2011
by westwood I ask a lot of questions. Questions like, “How does drinking alcohol effect the accuracy of one’s aim with a pellet rifle?” Important questions, as you can see. And I realized that with a bit of effort and a few brews, the hypothesis could be tested. Please join me for a scientific exercise. [...]
Filed under: highly scientific studies | 18 Comments
Tags: accuracy, air rifle, alcohol, bad ideas, beer, booze, Canada, drunk, general linear model, GLM, gun, guns, inebriation, rifle, science, scientific method, shooting, statistics, stats, target shooting, test subject
by westwood Im sitting here, listening to the Canadian Track and Field Championships emanate loudly from across the river (from where they are being held at the university-that-shall-not-be-named, which I am obligated to hate for rivalry’s sake). And I recently attended my first football game (not soccer, don’t yell at me you Brits, I know [...]
Filed under: sport ethics | 6 Comments
Tags: altius, Ashleigh mcIvor, athletes, athletics, badminton, basketball, citius, clara hughes, football, fortius, Hayley Wickenheiser, injuries, injury, international olympic committee, IOC, limits, luge, maelle ricker, Nodar Kumaritashvili, olympics, sochi, sport ethics, sports, sports injuries, vancouver 2010, wesmen
Warm spots and other sins
by westwood This past weekend was Canada Day weekend, where in the true spirit of the country, everyone gets the hell as far away from the city as they can and wanders off into the woods. I did as I was obligated and went on a really wonderful kayak trip with Sagan and Mr. Science. [...]
Filed under: environmental ethics | 17 Comments
Tags: camping, Canada, canada day, environment, environmental ethics, ethical systems, ethics, garbage, kayaking, lakes, leave no trace, leave no trace camping, living healthy in the real world, living in the real world, logic, moral systems, morals, pee, perfection, religion, sagan, science, sin, tripping, utilitarianism
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