Look at all the nonsense in the video in this tweet. twitter.com/sbattrawden/st… twitter.com/parags/status/…
Read more@bhalomanush @_s_hari I get it too. The difference is that I actually qualify for the membership. 😳🙁
Read more@ShorelineDoc Please share your recipe.
Read more@pavanapuresan We always mount these puzzles. You can’t let a 1000 piece puzzle go back to its original chaotic condition in a box. There are always new puzzles to acquire.
Read more@pavanapuresan My daughter is super-organized and she loves sorting all the pieces by color and some shape features before starting to put them in. That helps a lot. Put on some good music and it is almost like a meditation. I also like the loss of entropy. :)
Read more@gauravsabnis With so many stories of graduate students and post-docs in high-pressure labs committing suicide, you are taking it to the other extreme.
Read moreComing along nicely over the last couple of days. The top half is almost done. t.co/V3A1TJYRq…
Read moreha ha ha! twitter.com/bhalomanush/st…
Read moreShe did exactly that in the next class. While talking about a simple concept, decided to show the derivation of the equations and the frat boys were shut up. They couldn’t argue calculus with her. (5/7)
Read moreI think the scientists and medical experts bend over backwards to make their statements easy enough for everyone to understand. That makes the politicians, reporters and general public think that they are at the same knowledge level and they can question and argue. (6/7)
Read moreThe experts need to “fill the board with calculus” and show the general public that they don’t have the depth of understanding needed to question the science and shut them up. That’s my theory for today and I am sticking to it. (7/7)
Read moreShe was teaching an Intro to microeconomics class in the 80s and was constantly challenged and questioned by some frat boys in the class. Nothing she tried changed that situation and she was concerned about how that was going to end. (2/7)
Read moreAfter a few weeks, a senior faculty member went to see her and told her that he received a complaint from the same frat boys that she was obviously an ‘equal opportunity" hire and was not good enough to teach them. He brushed them off saying that was all nonsense. (3/7)
Read moreHe advised her about how to deal with the situation. She was making the class too easy and those boys thought that they knew everything and could easily challenge her. His advice was “fill the board with calculus”. (4/7)
Read moreThere is so much questioning and doubting of science and medical advice related to Covid in the press and by general public. I have a theory why that is. Heard a story from an economist, Dr. Cecilia Conrad about her experience early in her career at Duke University. (1/7)
Read more@QuantumTessera One of the all-time favorite books for my kids.
Read more@gauravsabnis If my life was different, I’d have worked at one of these parks. Right now, the least I can do is donate some money to organizations like @FriendsofAcadia , @AppMtnClub and @NationalParkFdn that do a lot of work supporting the park services and advocacy.
Read more@bhalomanush Perfect! Is “AI in biology” a little too broad? Are you thinking of covering more than the structure prediction AI?
Read more@bhalomanush OK. whatever time suits you best.
Read more@bhalomanush That format sounds good. On Monday, it will have to be in the morning. We can start later than 12:30 on Friday. My afternoon is free.
Read more@gauravsabnis @ManassasNPS Had a similar experience with a park ranger at Antietam National battlefield.
Read more@gauravsabnis Not just the park employees, there are a lot of volunteers in the parks especially in Summer. Met some of these volunteers from “Friends of Acadia” at Acadia NP 2 weeks ago. Genuinely nice and helpful people doing this just out of love for the outdoors.
Read more@bhalomanush I am busy till noon as well. How about 12:30 or so? It will be about 45 minutes, right?
Read more@bhalomanush That sounds good. Tomorrow is better than weekend.
Read more@bhalomanush Thinking back in time about how old I am…. published a paper on a homology modeling method back in the 20th century.
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