Table of contents
What it says on the tin: where to find stuff.
By default every piece appears on the home page in chronological order, most recent first. If you’re new, or just want to find something, this may be more useful.
Fiction
Travel with Children (2 parts)
Part 1, Part 2
A Scientist’s Revenge (4 parts)
Parts 1, 2, 3, 4
Where do you see yourself in ten years? (8 parts)
Episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. +postscript
The poster (1 part)
The Grant Application (3 parts)
Parts 1, 2, 3.
The exam (1 part)
Collision Course (3 parts)
Parts 1, 2, 3.
Self examination (1 part)
A life in review (1 part)
The acclaim of your peers (2 parts)
Parts 1, 2.
The research cruise (4 parts)
Non-fiction
The making of the atomic bomb (about the book)
Oppenheimer (about the film)
Consciousness and free will (4 parts)
Four takes on academia:
Is academia broken? (My response to those muppets who think it is)
How to survive academia, Part 1 — How academia works
How to survive academia, Part 2 — Actual survival tips
A musical interlude: the power and joy of songs you hear your entire life
Salman Rushdie and the Satanic Verses: what kind of idea are you?
A set of fantastic video interviews that pre-date YouTube.
Feynman and the Challenger disaster:
Uncertainty about the future (the 2024 US election as perfect example).
Follow-up: Uncertainty about the past.
What is Science? On Kuhn’s “Structure of Scientific Revolutions”.
Wrath for Kuhn. On Errol Morris’s “The Ashtray”, and its defence of objective reality.
Tacky stacky
(navel-gazing and self-promotion and manifesto-ing; see also the “about” page)
January 13, 2024: Prepare for launch!
March 16, 2024: A short stack that hits the spot
July 6, 2024: Catch-up and odds and ends
December 21, 2024: A year in the stacks
February 4, 2025: (paid) There’s a catch