Perspectives
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Open access journals. Part 3.
“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.”– Exodus 20:16 KJV “In war the first casualty is the truth.”– attributed...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Open access journals. Part 2.
“ceiiinosssttuv” –Robert Hooke (1676) “I was country when country wasn’t cool.”– Barbara Mandrell (1990) When the peerless Isaac Newton and...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Open access journals. Part 1.
“Information wants to be free.“ Stewart Brand Finally! We’ve seen the back of 2019; the year 2020 beckons, with all...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Catch the Christmas/AMS Centennial Spirit
By now, you may have committed to coming to the AMS 2020 Annual Meeting, along with what looks to be...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
What scientists want… and the lump of coal in this year’s Christmas stocking.
“Only sick nouns need adjectives.”– Eugene Peterson, The Contemplative Pastor(1989) In the old days, children were told that if they’d been...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
What scientists want… and what may be in the Christmas stocking.
Recent LOTRW posts have focused on what scientists want – occasions and means to take their science to the next level...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
What scientists want, redux: APLU structural recommendations for academia.
As set forth in the previous LOTRW post, what scientists want most is to see their research and advances in...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
What scientists want.
“Lastly, I would address one general admonition to all — that they consider what are the true ends of knowledge,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Enough is abundance.
(Note added Tuesday, December 10, 2019. In November several of us received phone calls, informing us that Dick was gravely...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Ethical disaster-zone research.
Ideally, weekends provide not just a chance to catch up on household chores, but also opportunity for reflection and centering,...
