In this series, I’m talking about big issues in how we think about our scientific past. This week I get into more detail about what the Scientific Revolution did and didn’t do. Read the first post in this series, on ancient Greece and math. Read More
Research Progress Notes – Week of April 8th
There wasn’t a whole lot of actual research this week, but I did write a lot. Read More
An Angry History of Science, Part 1: The Greeks didn’t invent science and all we got was their lousy math
A friend recently asked me how to explain to a group of normal, reasonable people that the ancient Greeks didn’t invent science Read More
The politics and anxieties of curly hair
I’ve recently fallen down a rabbit hole of curly hair pinterest.
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Burnout
It’s finally time to respond to this article that has been making the rounds for the past few months. Read More
Procraftinating
Like procrastibaking, but you shouldn’t eat the results. Read More
Research Progress Notes – Week of February 18th
[Edit: Apparently I forgot to post this one, so I’m putting it up for posterity]
This is a pretty short one. Read More
