About Aron Wall
I am a Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. Before that, I read Great Books at St. John's College (Santa Fe), got my physics Ph.D. from U Maryland, and did my postdocs at UC Santa Barbara, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Stanford. The views expressed on this blog are my own, and should not be attributed to any of these fine institutions.
A couple posts elsewhere refuting a common Medieval-bashing trope, that the Medieval Church tried to suppress scientific ideas, in a series of mythical conflicts between Science and Religion, by historian of Science St. James Hannam. On the same site, Tim … Continue reading →
Sometimes educators talk about "closing the achievement gap" which separates high and low performing students. There are documented gaps in educational outcomes on the basis of e.g. economic classes, race, etc. Some of these gaps lead to serious social problems … Continue reading →
But you are not to be called `Rabbi', for you have only one Master and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth `father', for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you … Continue reading →
...and so, the Judge sentenced the murderer to go to the electric chair. But just then, the Judge's only Son piped up. "Please punish me instead! That way, he won't have to die." Out of his compassion for the criminal, … Continue reading →
This finished a bit too late to get into the previous collection of Random Stuff, so it gets to be its own post. A long but fascinating saga by St. Michael Flynn on the topic of what actually went down … Continue reading →