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And It Doesn’t Stop There

Once again Ran­dall Munroe comes up with a “comic” that res­onates with me. LANES Even when given high odds by your doc­tors, they will never really com­mit. Why? Because they really do not know how well the treat­ment they have just … Con­tinue read­ing

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Get Comfortable

Look at the last “Age” in this from xkcd: If you are young, have hope, there is life after 55! If you are over 55, don’t be left out! BTW, there are some out there who are com­fort­able admit­ing just how much sex … Con­tinue read­ing

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The Market Test of “Scientific” Theory

Once again Ran­dall Munroe has pub­lished on his site xkcd.com a sim­ple “car­toon” that says so much. You can believe in con­spir­a­cies by com­pa­nies that sup­press tech­nolo­gies to pro­tect their prod­ucts and prof­its all you want, but if a tech­nol­ogy is avail­able that … Con­tinue read­ing

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Never Let Go of the Child Inside

It is easy to for­get when the aches and pains of mul­ti­ple decades start to add up, but we should all remem­ber that there is still a child inside and we should let it out from time to time. Of course … Con­tinue read­ing

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Technology Changes Fast

And in 1964 a good K&E slide rule in a leather case cost you about $30. Tweet 1

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It Is All Relative

From: xkcd (http://xkcd.com/751/) Swim­suit Issue We all for­get that our kids have a frame of ref­er­ence that is dif­fer­ent from ours. Some­times it is for the good, and some­times it is for the bad. But it is usu­ally dif­fer­ent. What shocks … Con­tinue read­ing

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Don’t Assume You See Everything around You

I think there is more than great humor in this car­toon from xkcd. Explore your sur­round­ings, includ­ing what is not in clear sight. You just might find won­drous things. Or, per­haps, things you had bet­ter find before they find you. Is … Con­tinue read­ing

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A Threesome for Physicists

One of the more inter­est­ing prob­lems I worked on when I was still doing aca­d­e­mic research was a solu­tion to a bound-state three-body prob­lem. I won’t bore you with any more details. It was very well received research both for the quan­tum mechan­i­cal behav­iors … Con­tinue read­ing

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