labpresse.bsky.social
Musings about science, biophysics, inference, and occasionally Bach and Shostakovich
👤 Joined on 04 August 2025
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Show PostMy husband teases me for all the tabs open on my chrome browsers, but he can't begin to imagine how many tabs are open in my mind.
Show PostBlog post: Chance favors the (theoretically) prepared mind Data is big, machines are learning, so what good is theory anyway? Isn't most discovery driven by serendipity anyway, with theory mostly a "post-mortem"? I argue that this view discounts the value of theory. open.substack.com/pub/arjunraj...
Show PostToday was technically my last day of work for the year (though the editorial deadline waits for no man, so I'll work a bit while my kids are at school next week). After that, I'll just be visiting people, demanding figgy pudding, and not leaving till I get some (and other Christmas traditions). 😜
Show PostReally interesting research showing that while ultra-specialization in a single discipline might lead to better results early in one’s career, multi-discipline training and practice pays off big time in the long run. This applies to a range of professions from scientists to athletes and more
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