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Apr. 6th, 2016
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1) If a science writer tells geneticists "I'm writing a book to explain to people how genes actually work", they will reply "When you find out, let us know."
2) There's a long list of people who "invented algebra", including Omar Khayyám, who may have come up with the binominal theorem.
3. The best strategy for reducing CO2 emissions actually involves burning more gas than "carrying on as normal" for a while because it would replace coal. However, this does not justify fracking, because we'll still be using less gas in the long run, and certainly not fracking the UK, which has already replaced most of its coal.
4) The hypothetical Prestwick Spaceport would apparently be particularly well-suited to launching things into polar orbit, which would seem to deal with one objection I saw online; that it's in completely the wrong position to launch things into geosynchronous orbit. I'm still sceptical, though.
5) It is possible for a comedian and science-populariser to get his message across even when he's completely misjudged how much time he has and ends the lecture almost disappearing in a flurry of paper.
6) You know that flowchart about whether you should ask a question following a presentation, and one of them is "Does your question involve pointing out the results of your own study?" Well, "Does your question involve summarising your own science fiction novels?" is even worse. Especially if it also breaks "Could you write your question on Twitter?"
2) There's a long list of people who "invented algebra", including Omar Khayyám, who may have come up with the binominal theorem.
3. The best strategy for reducing CO2 emissions actually involves burning more gas than "carrying on as normal" for a while because it would replace coal. However, this does not justify fracking, because we'll still be using less gas in the long run, and certainly not fracking the UK, which has already replaced most of its coal.
4) The hypothetical Prestwick Spaceport would apparently be particularly well-suited to launching things into polar orbit, which would seem to deal with one objection I saw online; that it's in completely the wrong position to launch things into geosynchronous orbit. I'm still sceptical, though.
5) It is possible for a comedian and science-populariser to get his message across even when he's completely misjudged how much time he has and ends the lecture almost disappearing in a flurry of paper.
6) You know that flowchart about whether you should ask a question following a presentation, and one of them is "Does your question involve pointing out the results of your own study?" Well, "Does your question involve summarising your own science fiction novels?" is even worse. Especially if it also breaks "Could you write your question on Twitter?"
