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.
In the previous post I mentioned that I support the death penalty, without providing any details. Commenter Darryl asks: Aron, (and other commenters, too!) I wonder if I might probe your notions on the death penalty. Given that in the … Continue reading →
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If you're wondering about the lack of posts recently: for the last 2½ weeks I've been travelling on a research trip to Boston and Canada (to Waterloo, Montreal, and Vancouver). The sashimi in Vancouver is out of this world, by … Continue reading →
Random links I've run across in the past couple months: Want to know what ancient music sounded like? (Warning: website plays samples automatically) A possible birthday present for geeky kids: chemistry crayon labels. (Warning: assembly required) Artificial life links. Computer … Continue reading →
https://xkcd.com/592/ [comic added later] In this time and place, the secular world does not place a high value on chastity, which seems to be regarded as some sort of eccentric religious virtue. So long as one avoids disease, and harassment … Continue reading →
Many wonderful things happened at my church today, but as we all know the First Rule of Blogging is that one should always focus on the negatives. Admittedly this Rule is in direct conflict with the Christian rule, "Do not … Continue reading →