nanoscale views: A (serious) modest proposal "As part of the forthcoming major economic stimulus package, I propose that the Obama administration fully fund the America Competes initiative immediately." (tags: science politics academia economics) ‘Teaching Unprepared Students’ :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education’s Source for News, Views and Jobs "Many experts say that the United… Continue reading links for 2008-11-26
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FQXi Community: Articles, Forums, Blogs, News "For the current [essay] contest, [the topic] is “The Nature of Time,” including, but not limited to, the arrow of time; the emergence of time in quantum gravity; time, free will and determinism; time travel; the beginning or ending of time; and timelessness." (tags: physics time internet quantum astronomy… Continue reading links for 2008-11-25
Ask a ScienceBlogger: Science Fiction Promotes Science?
The Corporate Masters have decreed a new question Ask a ScienceBlogger question, and this one’s right up my alley: What do you see as science fiction’s role in promoting science, if any? If you look over in the left sidebar, you’ll see a SF category, which is all about, well, science fiction stuff. I read… Continue reading Ask a ScienceBlogger: Science Fiction Promotes Science?
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CHART ATTACK!: 11/24/84 | Popdose "When you’re on fire like Lionel Richie in 1984, you can do whatever the hell you want. You can write a song called “Penny Lover,” which is not actually about somebody who loves pennies, or even about someone who loves girls named Penny. And you can sit back and watch… Continue reading links for 2008-11-23
Programming Note, Party Games
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving, and the impending holiday and associated travel has thrown our schedules all out of whack. I’m making myself crazy trying to maintain the usual posting schedule while still meeting work and family responsibilities. Thus, for at least the next week, and possibly longer, I’m not even going to try. If something… Continue reading Programming Note, Party Games
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The End of Wall Street’s Boom – National Business News – Portfolio.com It seems I’m obliged to link to this. Apologies for the delay. (tags: politics economics culture business books) MPR: Challenged ballots: You be the judge Do you like politics? And radio-button Internet polls? Well, this is the post-election article you’ve been dreaming of…… Continue reading links for 2008-11-21
Thursday Baby Blogging 112008
Here we see SteelyKid modeling the very latest in baby fashion: It’s important to start the cult indoctrination early… The fuzzy white thing over the purple cow onesie is her warm fuzzy hooded outfit, seen in more detail in this week’s Appa picture:
Many-Worlds and Decoherence: There Are No Other Universes
I seem to have been sucked into a universe in which I’m talking about the Many-Worlds Interpretation all the time, and Neil B keeps dropping subtle hints, so let me return to the whole question of decoherence and Many-Worlds. The following explanation is a recap of the argument of Chapter 4 of the book-in-progress, which… Continue reading Many-Worlds and Decoherence: There Are No Other Universes
Leave the Swans Alone
I flagged this Matt Yglesias post about post-mortem examinations of the financial crisis as something to respond to. Matt writes: I was at an interesting discussion with an ideologically diverse group of people last night of the future of financial regulations. One thing that there was broad agreement on that hadn’t really snapped into focus… Continue reading Leave the Swans Alone
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Swans on Tea » How (not) to Cook the Books Fun with Benford’s Law, one of those cool mathematical principles whose name I can never remeber. (tags: science math blogs youtube statistics) Chuck Klosterman reviews Chinese Democracy | The A.V. Club "Reviewing Chinese Democracy is not like reviewing music. It’s more like reviewing a unicorn.… Continue reading links for 2008-11-20