You Gotta Let Love Move

You gotta believe

I argue that proper assertion requires belief. Jennifer Lackey has recently argued otherwise. Here I respond to Lackey’s argument and provide positive evidence that permissible assertion does require belief. The positive evidence takes the form of an explanatory argument from linguistic patterns surrounding the give and take of assertion. Looming large in the background of the discussion is whe...

Iron chelation therapy: you gotta have heart.

Love What You Do and Do What You Love

From the first day of medical school, the faculty preached an ideal concept of “balance.” It was delivered with the sympathetic belief that it would prepare my classmates and me for a field where a large amount of time would be spent working and studying. More importantly, preparing us for a field where suicide rates have been reported to be higher than the general population (1). It was during...

You gotta know when to hold 'em...

Putting together a winning team is certainly not a game. It requires skill, diligence, and a little bit of luck. The poker analogy is simply a tool to present critical information in a fun, relevant format. However, with a proactive, pragmatic, and creative approach to hiring, you will improve your odds of successfully hiring the perfect match for your practice. Good luck!

You move, you move me: Exploring Lifelikeness in Deformable Interfaces

When inanimate objects start moving on their own, humans often attribute life or lifelike qualities to the objects. In this paper we discuss lifelikeness in deformable interfaces and suggest future research to help us understand better when and why lifelikeness is appropriate.