JoshMay 31, 20212 minRenaming ParticlesNaming after Names* Our current system: The Higgs boson is named for Peter Higgs, one of the theorists who predicted its existence....
JoshJul 20, 20204 minCase Studies for Life(or, “On the Proper Use of Anecdotes”) According to most people, the pinnacle of scientific investigation is the randomized controlled...
JoshDec 21, 201916 minI’ve Always Wanted To Know: A Guide to Drinking(Note: Nearly all the literature on this topic is correlational, so we should be skeptical about causal explanations. Since that’s what...
JoshNov 8, 20196 minYes, It Goes On And On, My FriendIn the old children’s TV show Lambchop’s Singalong, the adorable Lambchop and her woodland friends famously sang “The Song that Doesn’t...