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Postings from the interface of science and culture
Sunday, December 13, 2020
More on free will, and why quantum mechanics can't help you understand football
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I’ve had some stimulating further discussion with Philip Goff and Kevin Mitchell on whether quantum mechanics can illu...
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Friday, December 11, 2020
Does quantum mechanics rescue free will?
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Philip Goff has challenged Kevin Mitchell’s interesting supposition that the indeterminacy of quantum physics creates ...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Is the UK ready for a Covid winter?
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To prepare my article for The Guardian on whether the UK is prepared for a Covid winter, I spoke to many experts who gave a great deal of ...
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Saturday, August 08, 2020
Music in lockdown
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The images of people in Italian cities singing to one another from their balconies during the lockdowns to cope with the Covid-19 pandemi...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Three colours: Yellow
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Jan van Huysum’s Flowers in a Terracotta Vase (1736) is a riot of floral colour, the equal of anything else by the Dutch flower painters of...
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Friday, April 17, 2020
Three colours: Blue
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This is the second of theree essays on colour commissioned for the catalogue of a now-cancelled exhibition on colour at the Musée d’Orsay in...
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Thursday, April 16, 2020
Three colours: Red
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This is the first of three essays on colours that were to be included in the catalogue for an exhibition at the Musé d'Orsay in Paris th...
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