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The Trouble With AI
Neither energy consumption, nor human unemployment or paper clip maximization
Jun 1
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May 2026
Wild Universities
Reclaiming the Little Tradition of Science
May 21
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Alternative Interpretations of Special Relativity
Steelmanning Poincaré and Lorentz
May 12
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Impossible Assumptions
Don't look too closely.
May 9
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April 2026
What Foundational Questions Are Worth Asking?
An Invitation
Apr 16
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December 2025
Slowness is a Virtue
... at least when you're doing research, not development
Dec 18, 2025
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What scientific ideas are worth pursuing?
A unified model of scientific elegance and convergence.
Dec 16, 2025
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October 2025
The Cage of Casualness
I. I still remember how shocked I was when I realized that virtually no one at university was serious about studying physics.
Oct 28, 2025
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In Praise of Amateurism
I. One of my icks is reading anything that was clearly only written because the author felt like they had to write, not because they actually felt the…
Oct 26, 2025
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The Games Mathematicians Play
I. One thing I always found frustrating is that no one properly explained to me what modern mathematicians do.
Oct 9, 2025
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February 2025
The Quantum Tower of Babel
"If God is a mathematician, in what dialect does She/He/They/It speak?"
Feb 11, 2025
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The unreasonable effectiveness of beauty in science
Tons of famous scientists emphasize the importance of aesthetics.
Feb 6, 2025
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