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Gravity as an entropic force?
I won’t pretend to understand the paper, especially since many of the world’s best physicists are said to misunderstand the paper. However, it is intriguing to imagine that gravity is a by-product of...
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From the NY Times: ”The warehouse of words makes it possible to analyze cultural influences statistically in a way previously not possible. Cultural references tend to appear in print much less...
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The Google effect: losing your ability to remember things
Here’s a little test for you – can you remember the phone number of your closest relative, partner or friend? For me, I can barely remember my own phone number and address. Here is an interesting...
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Open sharing of scientific data and perverse incentives
From the Wall Street Journal’s online section, a discussion about doing a new kind of discovery and what it might take. My view is that governments should only fund science that is engaged in open...
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On open access – practical issues
Upulie Divisekera, prolific tweeter and all-around awesome scientist, wanted to write a thing about open access and was nice enough to ask me for some help. The result, which you can find on Crikey and...
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Do people outside of universities want to read peer-reviewed journal articles?
I asked a question on Twitter about whether or not people actually tried to read the peer-reviewed journal articles (not just the media releases), and if they encountered paywalls when they tried. This...
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