Episode 1--Magick: A Probabilistic and Thermodynamic Approach

Shownotes:

Hooray debut!  In this episode, I talk about magick as the magnification of probability, and touch on the economic argument.  In the science segment, we'll take a look at the preliminary report on the E. coli outbreak northern Germany, as published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

A Folding Funnel.  "N" marks the position of the native conformation, and height represents free energy.

Credits:

Recorded/Mixed with Audacity under Ubuntu.

Intro: Cold Funk.  Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Science Intro: MTA.  Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/; voicover: Bino the Elephant. Jason Steele (filmcow.com)

Outro: Raw.  Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
O'Reilly meltdown sample from ye auld YouTube.   Constitutes fair use.
Folding funnel from http://teenbiotechchallenge.ucdavis.edu/tbc10/Peter%20Wang,%20Clara%20Fannjiang,%20William%20Liu/Chemistry.html.  Constitutes fair use.

Article Discussed:
Christina Frank, Ph.D., Dirk Werber, D.V.M., Jakob P. Cramer, M.D., Mona Askar, M.D., Mirko Faber, M.D., Matthias an der Heiden, Ph.D., Helen Bernard, M.D., Angelika Fruth, Ph.D., Rita Prager, Ph.D., Anke Spode, M.D., Maria Wadl, D.V.M., Alexander Zoufaly, M.D., Sabine Jordan, M.D., Klaus Stark, M.D., Ph.D., and Gérard Krause, M.D., Ph.D. for the HUS Investigation Team.  Epidemic Profile of Shiga-Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli O104:H4 Outbreak in Germany — Preliminary Report.  NEJM June 22, 2011 (10.1056/NEJMoa1106483)