Scientists need to allocate time for thinking as well as for doing, and especially so right now. Continue reading
Too busy to think
Month: July 2020
Life membership
The attempted student ban enacted by the Trump administration was wrong. Denying students their university places because they were not physically present misunderstood so much of what university membership really embodies. Continue reading
Bolton’s book and Goodhart’s law
Donald Trump’s obsession with re-election illustrates the problems caused by metrics becoming targets. Continue reading
Total Internal Reflection 