The paradoxical virtues of primacy in science
Primacy is a false virtue imposed by the structures of modern science – yet it is also necessary to right some wrongs.…
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On anticipation and the history of science
In mid-2012, shortly after physicists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Europe had announced the discovery of a particle that looked a lot like the Higgs boson, there was some clamour in…
Is anything meant to remain complex?
The first answer is "No". I mean, whatever you're writing about, the onus is on the writer to break his subject down to its simplest components, and then put them back together in front…