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Dave Bacon is a theoretical ski bum who is also an assistant research professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. His research is on quantum computing, his scientific passions extend to everything in physics, mathematics, computer science and beyond, and his personal pleasures include making wine, playing poker, skiing, camping, and daydreaming (although not all of those at the same time.)
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Over at the Optimizer's place, the Optimizer compares libertarians and those who believe in the many worlds interpretation of quantum theory. (Key Ron Paul apologists in three, two, one...) An amusing comparison. So if many worlders are the libertarians of...
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Posted on May 13, 2008 12:43 PM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
David Baltimore and Ahmed Zewail, both Nobel dudes, have an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about the presidential candidates choosing not to participate in a debate over science and technology policy:All three candidates declined. Apparently the top contenders for...
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Posted on April 17, 2008 1:57 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
Oh no: do the Christian creationists know that by taking down Darwin they might inadvertently aid Eastern religions? Witness: the Bhaktivedanta Institute Newsletter. Personally I want a grunge match between the Discovery Institute and the Bhaktivedanta Institute to see who...
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Posted on April 3, 2008 11:39 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
If you really really want to get yourself pissed off about the tyrannical despotic anti-democratic junta that current runs the United States, I highly recommend this week's edition of This American Life (free in about a weeks time, or try...
Posted on March 29, 2008 5:28 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
I always thought that I was special because I have, in my short life, been kicked into a night club. But now, comes word of an even more spectacular event: scienceblogs' own PZ Myers was expelled from seeing the creationist...
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Posted on March 22, 2008 2:45 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
There are days when I wish quantum cryptography was a mature, installed, technology. Today is one of those days. Why? You might think its because I'm a quantum obsessed physicist whose daily sustenance depends on the future of quantum information...
Posted on February 19, 2008 5:30 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
Mike Huckabee calls the state of Washington the Soveit Union. Of course, this is old news to anyone who has been to Fremont:...
Posted on February 11, 2008 5:00 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
The U.S. presidential candidates been invited to a debate on science. Will they come? I don't know, but the thought of Mike Huckabee using biblical references in discussing science could lead to some very fun sentences. For example, if he...
Posted on February 11, 2008 1:30 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
Quantum theory justifying gambling? So reads this column by one Reverend Doctor Mervin Stoddart from Florida in the Jamaica Observer....
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Posted on February 11, 2008 11:26 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
An interesting odd/even effect:Although no official count was available early Wednesday, state Democratic party officials predict that Clinton will get 20 to 30 more delegates when all results are in. Because of the relatively close finish, they are likely to...
Posted on February 6, 2008 4:50 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks• View blog reactions
