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This is the sixth in a series about the human side of science, drawn from interviews with 27 cosmologists. Earlier posts explored, how this project started, the method, the role of wonder and beauty, the craft and how scientists think....
The post Such a good mechanic video and very funny first appeared on Joel Gross's Blog.
A week or so ago I wrote a letter to Richard Dawkins — part tribute, part diagnosis — about his now-famous two-day conversation with Claude (or rather, “Claudia”), in which one of our most celebrated skeptics concluded that the chatbot...
One of the things I missed moving from WordPress to Hugo: scheduled posts. WP just… does that. Set a future date, and forget about it. And static site generators don’t… The site only rebuilds when you git push, and that’s it. 😢 Why...
A blunt personal guide to what happens when you go to hospital for self-harm, from triage and stitches to mental health assessment, discharge, and possible psych ward admission.
The post Henry Ford on Stock Speculation first appeared on Joel Gross's Blog.
It’s Sunday, and it’s time for another “picdump!” Here are the memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet that I found interesting or relevant this week. Share them far and wide! Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot...
These are some things I’ve wandered across on the web this week. 🔖 abcde - A Better CD Encoder Ordinarily, the process of grabbing the data off a CD and encoding it, then tagging or commenting it, is very involved. abcde is designed to...
How denying ourselves all the real fun leads to disaster
The post Should pro war people have to join the military? first appeared on Joel Gross's Blog.
Exploring the islands of Marquesas has been fun. But it is time to go find something new, the atolls. We are heading to the next island group called Tuamotus. At noon we had the boat ready to go. Every nook and cranny full of vegetables...
Lafayette Restaurant Sign – Havana, Cuba Most of my urban landscapes of Old Havana show once-grand architecture that has fallen on hard times. It’s neat photographically but rather sad. Then there are the occasional high-end...