The Fix Is Still In
The DOE Climate Working Group is talking about revising their disgraceful report. It won’t fix the numerous problems with the report.
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Science.
Physics, cosmology, and the nature of reality.
Lately on the shelf
30 of 314Dan Freed: What Is Quantum Field Theory, Really?
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Quantum Gravity & the Origin of Mass Explained FROM SCRATCH
The final part of Philip Mannheim’s lecture on quantum gravity and mass
How India samples its affluent households
To combat growing concerns that its surveys were missing the wealthy, India began to specially sample affluent neighbourhoods. We examine the merits of this strategy, and identify some changes in the sampling method that have implications on how the data shoul…
It came from the token void!
I like old comics.
Battlefields
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Why Russia had serfs
A story in 7 maps
Ontology #2: wish you were here
We offer no answers. Have a good day.
Eric Weinstein & Richard Borcherds: Fields Medalist & Eric Weinstein on the Future of Mathematics
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Indians now spend more money on processed foods than on cereals
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Missing the boat on extreme event attribution
Almost every attack on attribution science is an attack on the scientists. Almost none of them engage the science.
Dan Freed: What Is Quantum Field Theory, Really?
Harvard's Dan Freed on quantum field theory and AI
XKDR Newsletter - Issue 55
IT Procurement • New Alt-data • TN’s Drug procurement • Solar/batteries beat coal • Origins of fiscal capacity • External sector stress • Consequences of cheap electricity• New Big Ideas eps. & events
Quasi-logarithmic kitchen timer
Like some of you, we have several kitchen appliances with integrated digital timers.
The US Election in 6 maps
Do the results map onto gas prices, tariffs, and data centres?
Natural orders
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Why Italy ruled Europe but couldn’t rule itself
How geography shaped the country we know today (in 7 maps)
Eric Weinstein & Richard Borcherds: Fields Medalist & Eric Weinstein on the Future of Mathematics
Richard Borcherds and Eric Weinstein on AI and mathematics
Mark Solms: Consciousness Isn't in the Cortex
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Most Indians say they cannot verify if information online is reliable
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Temperature, tools and tobacco
Our monthly newsletter covering the latest work, new platform features and key updates from Data For India.
Mark Solms: Consciousness Isn't in the Cortex
Mark Solms on feelings, dreams, and the brainstem
Deus ex machina
Perhaps what’s real is simply that which won’t go away.
Money in the bank
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Off-grid data centers have 60-80% higher emissions
A rush to power is leading data centers to install the least efficient and leakiest types of fossil gas generators rather than connecting to the grid
Scott Aaronson: “I Heard That a Robot Solved the Math Problem You Worked On”
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The future of Britain in 7 maps
How geography could shape the country’s future
Childcare and housework take women out of India's labour force
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Stop! Ontology time!
Is that a *hole* in your reasoning?
Scott Aaronson: “I Heard That a Robot Solved the Math Problem You Worked On”
The most significant moment in math history just happened...