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Some good old fashioned satirical fun to lighten your weekend! fictionalaether.substack.com/p/the-resear...

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I should make clear that of course I am not referring to any scientific collaboration that I might be part of. Perish the thought. fictionalaether.substack.com/p/the-acclai...

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I was of course thinking of the last sentence while reading the first two.

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And now the conclusion, a full Hollywood rousing climax. Sort of. "There was much murmuring and disquiet amongst the audience. There was no loud dissent — academics are meek and cowardly." fictionalaether.substack.com/p/the-acclai...

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Very sad news. I saw her speak in Paris in 2006. At one point she knocked all of her transparencies onto the floor. I was convinced that she did it on purpose, just so she could stand back and watch all the senior (male) professors scrabbling on the floor to pick them up. A treasured memory.

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Really sad news.

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"When you're a coward disguised as a bully, it's useful to employ an evil shit disguised as a thug." fictionalaether.substack.com/p/the-acclai...

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I wrote a little follow-up, but it’s only for paid subscribers, because I don’t want anyone to read it.

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I just heard it pronounced “Beige factor”. I think thats a more appropriate name.

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A new story has dropped. Get yourself among the ripples. fictionalaether.substack.com/p/a-life-in-...

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Sathya really is just as thoughtful as he looks.

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Some statistics* on Bluesky vs X engagement: this got 0 likes on X and 1 on Bluesky. * Poisson statistics.

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Finally, a new story on my Substack! (I keep forgetting that, unlike on X, I won't get penalised for using the name of an alternative platform...) fictionalaether.substack.com/p/self-exami...

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“When a philosopher says they don’t understand another philosopher, what they really mean is that they don’t agree.” Words to live by. fictionalaether.substack.com/p/a-year-in-...

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I've tried to stay away from all of the screaming about Elon Musk, but it's hard to come up with a way to re-thread this story to produce an admirable character. A thoroughly entertaining episode from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social.

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The question is: have I drunk enough to enjoy the Doctor Who Christmas Special?

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I love Christmas playlists. It’s one of the few occasions when you can surreptitiously change to The Eagles, and the music is suddenly 10x better.

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“When a philosopher says they don’t understand another philosopher, what they really mean is that they don’t agree.” Words to live by. fictionalaether.substack.com/p/a-year-in-...

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Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Me: That was between when I worked at Old Navy and H&M

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Yesterday's year-end round-up, in case you missed it. fictionalaether.substack.com/p/a-year-in-...

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If it was vibes, then the gazillion dollar question is: what is the bucket-of-water-in-the-face that makes everyone see reality? These days, that's pretty much always the question, isn't it?

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This might be a year-end round-up, but it still has some great lines. As you’d expect. open.substack.com/pub/fictiona...

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Only one more sleep until the final instalment of the @99pi.org Power Broker series!

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I published two little pieces about a big topic: what is science? The first is a discussion of Kuhn's "Structure of Scientific Revolutions" -- almost certainly much better than you'd think, and also much worse. fictionalaether.substack.com/p/what-is-sc...

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This week’s missive — standing up for objective reality, with help from Errol Morris, who may have written the first ever coffee table book of philosophy.

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I’m very pleased that the moderation algorithm identified that Truth emerging from a well, and clearly preparing for revenge, is clearly adult content. This is serious shit, and not suitable for children.

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All about the fun I had reading Errol Morris's @errolmorris.bsky.social take-down of Thomas Kuhn in The Ashtray. (I first published this in 2018. Now it has a better title.) fictionalaether.substack.com/p/wrath-for-...

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The first Gregynog Relativity Workshop was held at Gregynog Hall in Mid Wales, September 1-3, 1975. The topic was Thermodynamic Properties of Gravitational Fields. #flashbackfriday When Bernard Schutz @bschutz.bsky.social moved to Cardiff in 1974, he began to organize workshops where...

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With a bold title and a pseudo-tongue-in-cheek clickbait subtitle, this is going to single-handedly solve every problem in the public misunderstanding of science. fictionalaether.substack.com/p/what-is-sc...

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With a bold title and a pseudo-tongue-in-cheek clickbait subtitle, this is going to single-handedly solve every problem in the public misunderstanding of science. fictionalaether.substack.com/p/what-is-sc...

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For all you scientists out there… open.substack.com/pub/fictiona...

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