Magic bridges
The last two episodes of the second season of House, the TV series starring Hugh Laurie as a misanthropic doctor at a facility in Princeton, have been playing on my mind off and on during the COVID-19…
knowledge
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In pursuit of a nebulous metaphor…
I don't believe in god, but if he/it/she/they existed, then his/its/her/their gift to science communication would've been the metaphor. Metaphors help make sense of truly unknowable things, ge…
Some notes on empiricism, etc.
The Wire published a story about the 'atoms of Acharya Kanad' (background here; tl;dr: Folks at a university in Gujarat claimed an ancient Indian sage had put forth the theory of atoms centuri…
Discussing some motivations behind a particle physics FAQ
Particle physics is in the middle of a quandary. Let's use it to catch up on all that we've missed.…
Why I like writing
There's no perfecting writing. It will always teach you about how to structure your paragraphs, which words to use where, what style or voice or inflections to adopt, or how best to tickle your audience. At the same time, you can see yourself getting better piece after piece. It's the perfect drug.…
Big science, bigger nationalism.
Nature India ran a feature on March 21 about three Indian astrophysicists who had contributed to the European Space Agency's Planck mission that studied the universe's CMBR, etc. I was wary ev…
Is there only one road to revolution?
Read this first. Some of this connects, some of it doesn't. Most of all, I have discovered a fear in me that keeps me from from disagreeing with people like Meena Kandasamy - great orators, no…