Warsaw (where I was when I wrote this post) is supposed to have had a basilisk: Also a friendly mermaid who is supposed to protect the city (although our guidebook cynically suggests that she hasn't been seen when needed most): … Continue reading
A cynical, but probably accurate take on the double standard for government officials committing perjury. One of the problems with the US federal government is that it seems almost impossible to bring people to any kind of accountability to lower federal … Continue reading
St. Brandon writes about problems in philosophy, but a lot of what he says seems applicable to physics as well. In my field of quantum gravity, there's no experimental evidence so a lot of the back-and-forth has to do with … Continue reading
BioLogos has kindly published the first part of a 2-part series about thermodynamics and black holes. The links are here: One Way Streets: Black Holes and Irreversible Processes, Part 1 One Way Streets: Black Holes and Irreversible Processes, Part 2 … Continue reading
