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Notes from a discussion of physics and politics with one of the local frats.Posted on March 1, 2008 9:50 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Notes for a Discussion of Physics and Politics
What would be a good shocking statement about physics and politics that would spark discussion with frat boys?Posted on February 26, 2008 11:05 AM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Dorky Poll: Three Beeeeellion Dollars
If $3 billion were yours to spend on scientific research, how would you spend the money?Posted on February 20, 2008 9:31 AM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Easterbrook Idiocy Supercollider
This is a desperately stupid bit of work, even by the standards of desperately stupid science interludes in Gregg Easterbrook columns. He packs more dumb into these nine paragraphs than I would've thought possible in a major media outlet. This isn't your ordinary, everyday stupid, it's Discovery Institute stupid.Posted on November 21, 2007 8:51 AM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Fundamental Research Funding
Michael Nielsen, who's so smart it's like he's posting from tomorrow, offers a couple of provocative questions about the perception of a crisis in funding for basic science: First, how much funding is enough for fundamental research? What criterion should...Posted on August 15, 2007 9:15 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
International Hypothetical Collider
The International (very nearly) Linear Collider will be very expensive, if it gets built. Whee.Posted on February 9, 2007 9:56 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Blame Where Blame Is Due
A lot of people have commented on this New York Times article on science budgets, mostly echoing the author's lament about the negative effects of operating at 2006 funding levels. I really don't have much to add to that, but...Posted on January 9, 2007 9:12 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Thoughts on the LHC and ILC
A long response to a query about particle physics funding.Posted on October 11, 2006 12:14 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Loose Lips Sink Research Grants
A scientific conference like DAMOP almost always includes a conference banquet (to which people may or may not bring dates), usually the last night of the meeting, where everybody gets together to eat massive quantities of catered food and drink...Posted on May 22, 2006 11:43 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Physics Funding Fundamentalism
The big physics story of the day is bound to be this new report on American particle physics: The United States should be prepared to spend up to half a billion dollars in the next five years to ensure that...Posted on April 27, 2006 12:13 PM • 35 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Why Are You Asking Me?
I've found myself in the weird position of giving career advice twice in the last week and a half. Once was to a former student, which I sort of understand, while the second time was a grad student in my...Posted on April 24, 2006 12:04 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Libertopia Approaches?
The big news in physics yesterday was the announcement that a private donation has been made to support experiments at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider on Long Island. This is the accelerator that's slamming gold nuclei into each other to...Posted on January 14, 2006 9:28 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
