January 2011
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An Early Experience With Language
Like I’ve noted before, I’m trying to work more on how I employ and deploy words. I’m trying to bring each sentence up to a deliberately amazing level.
I want to be a word-ninja, and to do that I must meditate on every word. I must arrange the words as grains of rice, scrawled upon in unseen hand and seasoned with just the right amounts of sugar and vinegar.
This means...
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The Value of Belief in Scientific Research
I’ve been toying around with the idea of writing this post for some time.
I am, as some of the readers of this site know, a scientist by day. It’s pretty uncommon for a scientist to believe in any sort of deity, and it’s even less common for that belief to be something they broadcast. Belief in a deity is unsupported by data, and that means it’s not something you talk...
A Short Reminder →
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Poetry and Other Things
I’m trying to push myself to be a better writer.
I’ll admit, it’s been tough between graduate school (which obviously takes precedence) and Better Worlds, which I care about and believe in very much.
I’ve been reading HOW FICTION WORKS, by James Wood, which is a beautiful little book about the structures of traditional modern novels and how writers employ different tools...
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