Counter-Revolution, or Authentic Socialism?

The behavioral counter-revolution

Vernon Smith has always asked great questions. In this case the questions he asks constitute a challenge to the behavioral revolution. This is a challenge which he has beenmaking for many years, most pointedly his challenges to the interpretation of experimental evidence by psychologists (Smith, 1991, 2003, 2007). The questions that he asks here are, he stresses, also old questions. In effect t...

A digital display revolution counter.

The precise reading of revolution frequency is subject to reflective surface and permit an accuracy of up to one human error. The movement of the dial in a Parkinson tenth of a litre. The reflective opto-switch for the Cowan dry spirometer or the fly wheel of a cycle ergorevolution rate of the Muller cycle ergometer was meter are two examples from sports medicine where a mounted on a spindle wh...

Nanosciences : evolution or revolution ?

In miniaturised objects fabricated by modern technology the smallest linear size may be of a few nanometers. In the field of microelectronics, the advantages of such a miniaturisation are huge (increased complexity and reliability, reduced costs). The technology is now approaching the limits where further size reduction will be impossible, except for very novel techniques such as molecular elec...

Telepathology: revolution or evolution?

Substitution or Revolution ?

Have cell phones and the Internet created a revolution in the way that protests are organized? Or are they merely a substitution for previous methods of communication? The literature on the topic is divided between the cyberphiles, who argue that information and communication technologies (ICTs) allow individuals to better organize and amplify social movements and the cyberskeptics, who reject ...