Caving In El Malpais, Part 2: Making Measurements
We’d like to think that scientific measurement is a fairly straightforward undertaking. It’s really not. Just spend a day surveying underground.
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Farming Versus Entropy
A day of sorting agricultural materials leads to an introductory foray into the land of entropy.
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For those of us concerned with conserving relics of ancient cultures, drawing lines around what needs protecting is indispensable. How do we defend the boundaries we create?
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Humanity’s collective mind has devised all manner of theories about the true nature of reality. How do we adjudicate between them? What if we can’t?
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Mental scraps that crossed my mind while waiting for a morning flight out of Los Angeles International Airport.
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