Sometimes there are more important things than style: www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/o...
Do not use normal appraisals for an abnormal election.
A wonderful piece on the imaginative scientists and engineers at JPL that make it all go: wapo.st/3XlVi28
Dave Eggers on NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab
How about this! The Dunning-Kruger effect is bogus - the result of bad statistical analysis. Sigh... It was a nice effect for a while... economicsfromthetopdown.com/2022/04/08/t...
Do unskilled people actually underestimate their incompetence?
I still don't understand the "Moon illusion," nor is there a completely clear explanation. But it's great to see that someone really gave it a go: www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/s...
He advanced the study of a millenniums-old mystery: why the moon appears larger on the horizon than it does high in the night sky.
Very sad to hear of the passing of James Earl Jones. When I think of him, I take it from the top. His first movie role was as one of the bomber crew in "Dr. Strangelove."
A treasured item on my office wall - an autographed cartoon of all the New Horizons hazard reconnaissance team members, who certified that is was safe to fly past Arrokoth.
Today Facebook coughed up this "memory" from 11 years ago. I still cannot comprehend what's going on here:
Sadly the actor James Darren passed away last week. He played the scientist/time-traveler Tony Newman in the "Time Tunnel," a 1-season SciFi TV show 1966-7, which made a huge impression on me as a 9 year-old protoscientist. Here's Dr. Newman trying out his handiwork. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAxR...
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