Abstruse Goose seems preoccupied with life paths and choices. This time instead of math, he’s talking about physics, specifically about a theory that the many worlds which according to quantum uncertainty (thus Schrodinger’s cats) can possibly exist, actually do co-exist side by side, maybe in different universes or something. I don’t know. It’s pretty arcane. […]
Physics
ZapperZ is a physics blogger who worries about people believing that humans and dinosaurs co-existed, that ghosts are real and evolution isn’t; and in short, that the public knowledge of and interest in science is thin as a dime. He met a scientist, a woman, who said the only way to explain science to politicians […]
Abstruse Goose sure has it in for athletes, doesn’t he. Fine with me. I’m less happy that he doesn’t arrange a life path for people who are born modestly, live modestly, work like dogs (actually not like any dog I’ve ever met, friendly mooches), have modest success and a gratifying life. Boy, is that ever […]
Sublime: you don’t hear it much except as an adjective meaning really, really good, used the way “divine” or “glorious” “wonderful” are used, just another adjective, nothing to do with divinity or glory or wonder. But really, sublime describes something that takes you beyond the ordinary — Glenn Gould plays Bach sublimely — something […]
I’ve often had the same thought myself. You have too, haven’t you. http://abstrusegoose.com/208
Abstruse Goose says: The following sentence is false. The preceding sentence is true. Then he adds: The title text is true. He’s toying with us, isn’t he. Credit: http://abstrusegoose.com/244
Probably not God’s fault, but very few people understand that business of hidden dimensions in string theory. http://abstrusegoose.com/235
BIG BANG BIG BOOM – the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
