Evelyn

Evelyn is a geologist, writer, traveler, and skeptic residing in Cape Town, South Africa with frequent trips back to the US for work. She has two adorable cats; enjoys hiking, rock climbing, and kayaking; and has a very large rock collection. You can follow her on twitter @GeoEvelyn. She also writes a geology blog called Georneys.

EvelynMarch 6, 2011
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AI: How would you spend your final days?

One of many beautiful Zanzibar beaches. Image taken from the interwebs here. Chelsea cannot do AI today, so I’m filling in. My recent post on the crazy cult predicting the end of the world on May 21st, 2011 started me thinking of how I would spend my final days if I knew the world was about to end in apocalypse.…
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EvelynMarch 6, 2011
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Is this seriously the best news you have to offer, CNN?

End of the world RV. Image taken from CNN.com. I regularly read CNN.com for news. I recognize that CNN is not the best source of news and has been declining in recent years. A few years back, I almost stopped reading CNN when they removed their science news section. Yet, I still check CNN.com once or twice a day in…
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EvelynMarch 1, 2011
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Technology Anachronisms in Science

Cross-posted on my geology blog Georneys. MacDiff program running in a Mac Classic environment emulator on my Windows XP netbook, January 2011. Ever since I starting doing geology research back in 2003, I have encountered technology anachronisms in science. I find these technology anachronisms intriguing, humorous, and- sometimes- frustrating. Often, the challenge of using technology in science is not keeping…
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EvelynFebruary 26, 2011
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Genesis and Geology

Edited to add: The GeoChristian blogger has responded to our Skepchickating of his poll. I’ve edited a few items below to reflect his response. I apologize if I mis-represented the GeoChristian in any way. Also, I would like to thank the GeoChristian for responding gracefully and inviting the Skepchick readers to look around his site. I encourage you to do…
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EvelynFebruary 20, 2011
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A Million Random Digits

Cross-posted on my geology blog Georneys. Edited to add: One of the readers of my geology blog sent me a link to this great BBC radio program (programme?) on “Random and Pseudorandom.” I just listened to this while working in lab, and I highly recommend it! I promise this will be my last post on statistics… for awhile :-). First…
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EvelynFebruary 20, 2011
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Statistics: Useful Toolbox for Everyone

I revise my earlier title from “Statistics: Useful Toolbox for the Skeptic” to “Statistics: Useful Toolbox for Everyone.” Reader Steven D. sent this amazing video to me (via Rebecca), and I like it so much I have to share it with you here. I guess the challenge with statistics is finding attractive, compelling ways to explain them and put them…
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EvelynFebruary 19, 2011
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Statistics: Useful Toolbox for the Skeptic

This semester I am taking an applied statistics class. Although at first I was hesitant about taking a class in my 5th year of graduate school, I am really excited about this class. First, the teacher is fantastic so far. Second, this class is really useful, both for analysis of my thesis data and for analysis of the data of…
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EvelynFebruary 15, 2011
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Tips of the Continents

Cross-posted on my geology blog Georneys. For some reason, humans like to travel to extreme or notable points on the globe: the north pole, the south pole, the southernmost point of this, the northernmost point of that, the westernmost point of this, the easternmost point of that, the highest point of that, the lowest point of that, continental divides, the…
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