Condensed concepts

Ruminations on emergent phenomena in condensed phases of matter

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Showing posts with label critical realism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label critical realism. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Philosophy in a nutshell

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How should we live? What really exists? And how do we know for sure?  These three questions are at the heart of philosophy as an academic di...
Thursday, October 15, 2015

A video worth showing non-scientists

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Sometimes I give talks about science to high school students and to community groups, mostly churches. Recently I showed this one. Besid...
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Objectivity has a price

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The movie  The Inside Job  is an Academy Award winning documentary which considers the origins of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). It part...
Sunday, December 19, 2010

Seeing what you want to see

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There is a good Opinion piece in the November Scientific American, Fudge Factor: a look at Harvard science fraud case  by Scott O. Lillienfe...
Sunday, March 28, 2010

It is well known that ....

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I just read this advice: 1. Be an outsider . Don't be unduly awed by authority,... 2. Be fact driven. An obsession with facts can help ...
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I am now happily retired. I used to be paid to have fun at work trying to use quantum many-body theory to understand electronic properties of complex materials.I am married to the lovely Robin and have two adult children and a dog, Priya (in the photo). I also write an even more personal blog Soli Deo Gloria [thoughts on theology, science, and culture]
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