Condensed concepts

 I have been dabbling a little with using AI (at a very basic level) to help me with some research problems. For example, in a recent prepr...

In 1994 superconductivity was discovered in strontium ruthenate (Sr2RuO4). This attracted considerable interest because it had a perovskite...

I just posted on the arXiv a long review article on emergence Emergence: from physics to biology, sociology, and computer science The abstra...

The hype about AI continues, whether in business or science. Undoubtedly, there is a lot of potential in machine learning, big data, and lar...

Best wishes for the New Year! One thing I hope to achieve this year is an actual understanding of things "Bayesian". I am particul...

A few months ago, the New York Times ran a fascinating Guest Opinion,  Why Universities Should Be More Like Monasteries  by Molly Worth, a h...

We all have a worldview, some way that we look at life and what we observe. There are certain assumptions we tend to operate from, often imp...

 Is real scientific progress slowing? Are funders of research, whether governments, corporations, or philanthropies, getting a good return o...

Everyone likes to be right. But, sometimes I really wish I was wrong, particularly about problems I see in the world. I wish I was wrong abo...

Emergence is one of the most important concepts in the sciences: from physics to biology to sociology. Most of the big questions in science ...

"Shallow work is non-cognitive, logistical or minor duties, often performed while distracted. These efforts require little cognitive ef...

The mere formulation of a problem is far more essential than its solution , which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental ski...

Roald Hoffmann and Jean-Paul Malrieu are two of my favourite living theoretical chemists. Both greatly value the role of concepts and intell...

I want to begin by stating some hypotheses. Some may be obvious. Others may be contentious. I will number them so that people can easily mak...

 How can we design a room-temperature superconductor? How can a government stimulate economic growth? How can an NGO help reduce domestic vi...

Science requires humility. Any scientific investigation starts with acknowledging ignorance. Scientific progress requires a willingness to a...