I haven’t been able to write much recently due to a recurrence of tendonitis in my wrist, a repetitive stress injury from writing and typing too much.\u00a0 I expect this to be temporary; in the sense that it has always gone away before<\/em>, with enough rest and ice.\u00a0 (Which is like the smoker who said to an ex-smoker, you’ve only quit once; I’ve quit hundreds of times!)<\/p>\n

On a brighter note, I’m also being distracted by job interviews for tenure-track faculty positions at two excellent UC schools (Berkeley & Santa Barbara).\u00a0 I will not call these permanent positions since such permanence is to be found only in Heaven: life is short.\u00a0 But it would still be nice to settle down for a few decades… Anyway, these are very exciting places for physics research, and I would be extremely pleased to get an offer from either of them!<\/p>\n

I’ve still got plenty of the content you love planned, once I’m past these issues!\u00a0 There’s a series on “Comparing Religions” that’s almost done, so I might be able to get that out without too much more typing.<\/p>\n

I apologize to anyone whose questions I haven’t answered; I’ll email you if I ever get around to it.\u00a0 But it was nice to see the conversation continue for a while without my needing to continually stoke it.\u00a0 I will continue to read and moderate the discussion, so you are free to continue talking amongst yourselves…<\/p>\n

I…I…I…I…I…\u00a0 Is death really necessary, just for us to come to an end of our continual self-absorption?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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