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Rob Hudson comments on 538 and Counting

Rob Hudson — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:47:04 +0000

Alas, just when we had feared the worst...
just when the voice of inquiry and seemed to vanish
just when we were about to give up hope
Our blogger returned with a flourish

No, his hands were not broken
No, there was no writer's block
No, his time was just taken
By reruns of 30 Rock

The election's now over
The New President will guide us
Our inquiry continues
In Fractals, Science and Chaos.

William L. Weaver comments on The Long and Short of Wikiprediction

William L. Weaver — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:33:52 +0000

Well said! (2 words) =]

Ashleycw comments on Collaborative Science/Culture Blogs

Ashleycw — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:19:26 +0000

thats it, dude

marianne comments on ODE to Dark Matter

marianne — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:45:05 +0000

I like this quote from Rebecca Elson, an astronomer and poet, who did research on "dark matter" - "As if, from fireflies, one could infer the field".

This poem of hers highlights the mysteries in science for me.

Carnal Knowledge

Having picked the final datum
From the universe
And fixed it in its column,
Named the causes of infinity,
Performed the calculus
Of the imaginary i, it seems

The body aches
To come too,
To the light,
Transmit the grace of gravity,
Express in its own algebra
The symmetries of awe and fear,
The shudder up the spine,
The knowing passing like a cool wind
That leaves the nape hairs leaping.

marianne comments on Me Data? No, You Data

marianne — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:47:01 +0000

In this past summer's hit movie "The Simpsons", when the animated President Schwartzenegger is presented with several 'white papers' detailing options for handling an ecological disaster in Springfield, he informs his adviser with disdain - "I was elected to lead, not to read". Scary how spot-on.