I’m in the first week of a 5 week trip to Europe. I’m in England and will be visiting France, England again, Germany, and Poland (where I’ll be attending the GR20 conference in Warsaw). Expect posting to be light to … Continue reading
After writing about the death penalty recently, I was reflecting about the real meaning of Justice. It’s tempting to think that Justice refers to the thing which happens (or should have happened) in Law Courts. And of course we hope … Continue reading
Suppose we have a field $$\Phi$$ in a curved spacetime, and we want to know how fast it is changing as you move in some direction in space or time. Because there is more than one possible direction to move … Continue reading
In the previous post I mentioned that I support the death penalty, without providing any details. Commenter Darryl asks: Aron, (and other commenters, too!) I wonder if I might probe your notions on the death penalty. Given that in the … Continue reading
If you’re wondering about the lack of posts recently: for the last 2½ weeks I’ve been travelling on a research trip to Boston and Canada (to Waterloo, Montreal, and Vancouver). The sashimi in Vancouver is out of this world, by … Continue reading