tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post5766672108439396141..comments2024-03-28T17:13:01.117+10:00Comments on Condensed concepts: Entering the strange world of Kurt GodelRoss H. McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-66923451417572196912017-07-29T17:56:15.021+10:002017-07-29T17:56:15.021+10:00On "How do you create an institutional enviro...On "How do you create an institutional environment that increases the likelihood of truly great discoveries and scholarship?" <br />There's many things involved, but I'm sure a necessary condition is *keeping office politics low*. Again, there's many things involved to keep politics low, but I'm sure a necessary condition is small #hops in information flow. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-68425894205657007402017-07-27T05:46:30.263+10:002017-07-27T05:46:30.263+10:00On the point of managing intelligent folk and gett...On the point of managing intelligent folk and getting to work harmoniously together, I recommend reading "The Idea Factory" by Jon Gertner: <br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Idea-Factory-Great-American-Innovation/dp/0143122797<br /><br />There is much to be learned by how this was done at Bell Labs. Google is currently attempting to emulate their model.Sleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09424348412836852071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-72507004460464260622017-07-25T23:25:39.137+10:002017-07-25T23:25:39.137+10:00http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/18/us/chien-shiung-...http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/18/us/chien-shiung-wu-84-dies-top-experimental-physicist.html?mcubz=2<br /><br />Chien-Shiung Wu of Columbia Uni a meticulously accurate experimental physicist who was in demand to put new theories to the test.<br /><br />Dr. Lee and Dr. Yang were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 for their theoretical work in this area. Dr. Wu did not share the prize, but the playwright Clare Boothe Luce said at the time, ''When Dr. Wu knocked out that principle of parity, she established the principle of parity between men and women.''.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-29480370141303446722017-07-24T09:25:35.572+10:002017-07-24T09:25:35.572+10:00PLease add , when will rigour triumph over metrics...PLease add , when will rigour triumph over metrics in universities. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com