…you’re doing it wrong. Seriously, Catholic church. I mean, seriously. Start giving less of a shit about child rapists and more of a shit about the children who have been raped. Did you know I went to a costume party as Georges Lemaître a few weeks ago, and when I got people to guess who [...]
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…or not. I’m not sure — the Greens are so close to getting a House of Reps member in my electorate that I feel it could be important to vote for them. Regardless, if Julia Gillard keeps on her current trajectory, I’ll definitely be encouraging people from other electorates to vote Labor — she’s made [...]
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In my article on quantum mechanics I made the following correct, but imprecise point: Quantum objects can be described in terms of ‘wavefunctions’, typically denoted when the function depends on position and time, and when it only depends on position. This wavefunction is related to the probability that a particle can be found in a particular [...]
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Until very recently, I didn’t even realise that the You’re Not Helping blog was still even around on the internet — I thought it would have faded into obscurity by now — but it seems that just as it has been brought to my attention, the blog is fading back into the woodwork. On some [...]
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You’d be hard pressed to find a more abused scientific discipline than quantum mechanics. It’s been co-opted by theologians, new age proponents, quacks, cranks and charlatans to promote everything from god to crystal healing. Deepak Chopra has personally taken quantum mechanics roughly in the country custom so often we should be taking him to The [...]
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That’s one way to do it, I suppose…
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…but not the execution. Maybe I’m of base here, but I’ve always felt that leaving flyers under windscreen wipers was a bit bleagh in terms of a marketing strategy — they’re liable to wind up ignored, and will probably just irritate people. That said, I like the concept — ask an atheist questions, and find out [...]
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From thermal physics, which was undoubtedly my least favourite subject this semester, we forge boldly forward into what ranks as one of my favourite subjects at university thus far — the study of Classical Mechanics. Anybody who did high school science will probably remember having done something that falls under the umbrella of classical mechanics [...]
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I’m definitely anticipating the release of this film — primarily, I suppose, I’m hoping they offer suggestions as to how the failing US education system can be remedied. If some of the criticisms and suggestions happen to apply to Australia as well, that’d be the icing on the cake for me:
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