This is just a quick note to say I’ve been travelling a lot recently (to Japan to visit the IPMU and to Seattle for Christmas) and have also been very busy with job application stuff. I’ve accepted an exciting new postdoc … Continue reading
[Edit 12/28/17—In the title and throughout, I have replaced “illegal” with “unlawful”, in order to avoid the possible implication that the travesty below would be subject to criminal punishment, something I did not intend to imply. Since I wrote this … Continue reading
Suppose you want to write down the laws of physics. How would you go about it? What? You want to do some experiments first? Forget about that. This is theoretical physics. Let’s not worry about pedantic things like what the … Continue reading
A couple posts elsewhere refuting a common Medieval-bashing trope, that the Medieval Church tried to suppress scientific ideas, in a series of mythical conflicts between Science and Religion, by historian of Science St. James Hannam. On the same site, Tim … Continue reading
Sometimes educators talk about “closing the achievement gap” which separates high and low performing students. There are documented gaps in educational outcomes on the basis of e.g. economic classes, race, etc. Some of these gaps lead to serious social problems … Continue reading