A conversation with Nathan Mantel

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A Conversation with Nathan Allen

I t all started when Nathan Allen was stuck in the lab, babysitting his experiments for hours at a time. The 10or 15-minute blocks between checking on his reactions weren’t long enough to dig into anything substantial. Instead, he recalls, “I posted snarky comments on the internet, which you can do in 5 minutes.” Soon, Allen was answering science questions on the Web site Reddit, where he saw p...

Philosophy, Art and Critique: A (short) conversation with the “other”

The article sketches a nexus between philosophy, art (poetry) and critique with a particular emphasis on the contribution of classical Muslim philosophers. At the same time, it demonstrates how luminaries such as Omar Khayyam and Ibn Sina, contributed to the renewal of philosophy as a freedom seeking exercise and as a means to pursue happiness through knowledge. In the second&nbs...

Dismantling the Mantel tests

1. Informatics and Mathematical Modelling Department, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen. Richard Petersens Plads, Bygning 305, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark. 2. Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution (UM2-CNRS-IRD), Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC 065, Montpellier cedex 34095, France. Running title: Dismantling the Mantel tests. ∗ Corresponding author: [email protected] Word c...

Mantel Permutation Tests