"The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security"

http://www.ranum.com/security/computer_security/editorials/dumb/

A bit facile--#3, for instance, suggests that if we would just design our software right in the first place, that we wouldn't have any security problems--but thought-provoking. Also, it includes this gem:

On the surface of things, the idea of "Educating Users" seems less than dumb: education is always good. On the other hand . . . if it was going to work, it would have worked by now.

an obscure sorrow

( somewhat macabre reflections on brain death and the nature of self )

a screed from the author of "Bad Science"

The Guardian's Ben Goldacre: Don't dumb me down

An interesting article on the subject of, well, bad science writing and its origins. I was reminded of my own annoyed dissection of a particularly egregious example of Bad Science Writing, but his does a better job of looking at the overall phenomenon and its causes.