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It's true- no technology can change people's tendency to act in their own self-interest and vote for what benefits them. Individuals can't be expected to take into account the need…

more like a high ratio of one person's preferred signal to other signals

I don't see it as a joke. Why not strive for the conceptually cleanest possible conventions? It's pretty plain to me that tau is more deserving of the status of 'conceptual entity'…

Awesome. I think the eject icon could be made out of unicode symbols. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters#Geom...

in an infinite region of coffee...

Yeah, that's interesting. I always do it the same way as you, but I decided to do a quick analytical calculation. I wrote it up here: http://maxbrunsfeld.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/o…

I think he was saying that although physicists generally understand the principles involved, a chemist might have a better sense of the relative magnitudes of the different effects…

Computer-use should not replace the nitty-gritty mechanics; it should change the way students learn the nitty-gritty mechanics. Instead of a homework assignment like this: 1. compu…

"Tenure is the one big incentive academia has going for it." I'd have to disagree. I think people pursue careers in academia for a lot of reasons besides job security. As you point…

I agree. In my mind, one of the cultural changes that we need is for universities to abandon the tenure system. I think if that happened, there'd be more hiring of new professors, …

Yeah, because the electromagnetic field contains energy, which can be converted into other forms. A system's temperature is 'how readily it gives off energy'. It need not have anyt…