By now, you're probably aware of the Rightful Place Project, which is collecting text, images, audio, and video from scientists, engineers, and others involved in conversations about science in response to the question, What is science's rightful place?
I'm still thinking about my own response to this question. To help me think, I consulted with the Free-Ride offspring, and we recorded the audio of our conversation. If you don't feel like downloading the MP3, the transcript of our conversation is below.
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There is little doubt that the cognitive demands of conversation can affect our awareness of the world around us. Everyone has a story of a near-miss collision with some clueless airhead driving who was jabbering away on the cell phone.
Many many studies have repeatedly shown the dangers of driving while using a cell phone.
[This article was originally published in January of 2007]
In the comments on my last post, a number of people made the suggestion that something about the nature of online interactions may encourage people to say things they would never say to some