An interesting history, and some reflections, from Judith Curry.
Category Archives: General Science
The Missing Light
It’s a mystery:
As one participating scientist points out, to miss the mark by so much means what we understand about the universe is fundamentally wrong. The universe continues to be exciting, a little scary, but mostly—a mystery.
And yet some have the hubris to tell us they can predict the temperature of the planet and level of the seas decades from now.
The Heartland Climate Conference
An attempt to educate a reporter at Slate. It’s actually sort of a fisking by email.
The BearCam At Brooks Falls
…has gone live. Salmon are being caught.
Lunar Gravity
A beautiful map of the field, courtesy of the late GRAIL satellites.
Physicists And Philosophy
Hey, guys, please stop saying dumb things about it.
Scientific Papers
How to read and understand them.
The Scientific Method
…versus the “scientific” method.
Scientific method vs. actual scientific method … pic.twitter.com/LjU9oW0Tvc
— Brian D. Earp (@briandavidearp) June 2, 2014
Leonardo Da Vinci
He wrote himself a pretty awesome CV.
Salmon And Grizzlies
A livecam from Katmai National Park.