Ian
High performance computing researcher. Interested in Astrophysics, Neuroscience, Economics, Math, history. Atheist. Learning French and Portuguese.
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Here's How You Can 'See' Molecules—on a Whole 'Nother Planet
Scientists picked up signs of phosphene on Venus by using a technique called rotational spectroscopy. It works like this.
The Bias that Divides Us - Quillette
As we sit here over six months after the initial lockdown provoked by COVID-19, the United States has moved out of a brief period of national unity into distressingly predictable and bitter partisan division. The return to this state of affairs has...
Free Thought Live - Quillette
Event date: Saturday 26 September – 12PM AEST & 2PM NZT | Friday 25 September – 7PM ET & 9PM PT HOW IT WORKS Our main aim with this series is to facilitate honest conversations about some of the most pressing issues of our time, having as many...
Human chemical communication
Nina Notman sniffs out the evidence for human pheromones and chemical cues
Ксенофобия и национализм
В российском общественном мнении по-прежнему сохраняется наибольшая дистанцированность по отношению к цыганам. К евреям, напротив, самая короткая социальная дистанция. 73% опрошенных считают, что необходимо
Charles Murray to Speak in Gov 50 Lecture Series | News | The Harvard Crimson
Charles A. Murray ’65 will speak virtually on Oct. 16 to students in the course Government 50: “Data” as part of the course’s optional speaker series entitled “Data Scientists, Data Professionals, Data Dissidents.”
Are Male Genes From Mars, Female Genes From Venus? Sex Differences in Health and Disease
Males and females share the vast majority of their genomes. Only a sprinkling of genes, located on the so-called X and Y sex chromosomes, differ between the sexes. Nevertheless, the activities of our genes—their expression in cells and...
Why the right-wing has a massive advantage on Facebook
A company executive responds to claims of bias.
2020-09-27 Diana Fleischman, SSC Online Meetup
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Deception and Complicity—the Strange Case of Jessica Krug - Quillette
On September 3rd, Jessica Krug, 38, abruptly resigned from her job as associate professor of African history at George Washington University (GWU). Apparently fearing imminent exposure, she confessed in a post on Medium that she had passed herself...
Starlink (Flight 13) - Supercluster
on September 28th, SpaceX will launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites. This will bring the total number of Starlinks launched to 775.
The Other Side Is More Rational Than You Think
Polarization is not being caused by irrational factors. If it were, you wouldn’t be able to trust your own beliefs.
Blacklisters: Pettigrew & Ladyman
In February 2016, a colleague (a prominent logician) at the University of Bristol’s Philosophy Department invited me to speak at a conference on logic and truth theories in June 2016. (I am a…
Hyderabad interior designer killed by in-laws over caste, 14 arrested: Police
Hemanth Kumar, 28, who belonged to the Vysya community, was an interior designer. His wife, Avanthi (23), of the "higher caste" Reddy, is a B.Tech. Both lived in the same locality in Chandangar and knew each other for eight years.
Catfishing in the Ivory Tower
When demographic categories become a professional credential, careerists will fudge their resumes
Spotify Employees Threaten to Strike If Joe Rogan Podcasts Aren't Edited
Activist Spotify staffers are considering a strike if their demands for direct editorial oversight over The Joe Rogan Experience aren't met.