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by find 1y ago
A typical child knows about one child with cancer. Back-of-the-envelope, the number a child knows would be (incidence rate of childhood cancer) * (typical K-8 size), but doubled since they observe all grades ahead and behind them. Incidence
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Basic research has a lot in common with startups. The unicorn rate is <1%, the best new ideas sound like bad ideas, and nearly all value from the best ideas is locked in the long-term future. The ideal startup/scientific program fai
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by find 1y ago
Bush's report was submitted in the months between the German surrender and the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan. It was a remarkable context for scientific optimism , given the huge impact of science and technology on the war eff
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by find 4y ago
Passenger jet engines, nitrogen fixation, silicon fabs -- these don't just magically appear. It takes careful reasoning and years of exploration in the vast ocean of ideas. Most places in this ocean are not useful, so it's helpful
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by find 4y ago
I'm an astrophysicist. I love the idea of shaking up how we do science, but MOND models really aren't that compelling for a practicing scientist (I would love to be wrong). I periodically consider working a modified gravity projec
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by find 4y ago
How did you get this view, if you don't mind me asking? Is there something happening that is local to you? I'm not trying to accuse you of anything, but I'm surprised for someone to directly state something that is so straigh
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by find 5y ago
The language of science is mathematics, so code that more closely resembles mathematical notation can be more efficient for practicing scientists to understand. There's a lot of value in code that looks like the expression published in
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by find 6y ago
(I'm actually immigrating to Toronto later this year.) I understand your frustrations over immigration policy, and it's certainly not racist to wish for Canadians to enjoy the fruits of Canada. I just want to gently bring up the h
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by find 6y ago
You can certainly achieve the Rust plotting solution for Julia by compiling a plotting package with PackageCompiler. I use this for day-to-day research tasks. However, Julia users are greedy! They want their cake (composability, portability