The crucial point is that this pile lives in your mind, at the expense of other thoughts.
28 Dec 2024
“What do you mean, I can’t describe the same quantity in my equations using five different similar-but-subtly-different-terms!?”
21 Dec 2024
I’ve grudgingly accepted the two-column format from APS, but three is just too far. Think of all that panning and zooming on screen!
30 Nov 2024
My Standard Model physics course really hammered home how cumbersome notation could get.
23 Nov 2024
“Why does that pesky membrane have to be there at all?!”
“Maybe because it protects us from all your bad ideas as well?”
16 Nov 2024
Why can’t everyone just read my mind and not worry about the bad notation?!
09 Nov 2024
“But how will I know if the unpopular field I choose will have good, important fruit?”
“And that’s why you’ve got to be in it for the fruit itself, not what anyone else says.”
27 Oct 2024