Quantum Loops, Black Holes, and Sony Playstations
My post for this week is up at Forbes, discussing the work of UMass Dartmouth physicist Gaurav Khanna and his networking of gravity-simulating PS3s….
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Mead on the Aftermath
He makes a lot of sense: I continue to wish that the immensely talented and driven figure now in the White House had finished his term in the Senate, run for governor of Illinois and served at least one term there before coming to Washington. The painful lessons he has been learning on the national… Continue reading Mead on the Aftermath
iPads and Health Care
My post on how doctors are making progress on their rounds with iPads is up at Forbes.
The Problem with Fine Tuning…
James Chastek has a good post on why Cosmic ‘Fine Tuning’ arguments are unsatisfactory: Fine tuning arguments play on one of the great blind-spots of modern thinkers- the muddling of logical and real possibility. The arguments can only swiftly reach a conclusion because we think we can go from imagining things happening in a different… Continue reading The Problem with Fine Tuning…
Space Exploration
Michael Robinson has a decent article on why we need to come up with more persuasive reasons for going to Mars (and out into space in general.