Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Category: Random Musings
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Nature Cannot Be Fooled
Reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
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Seeing the Invisible: The Consilience of Knowledge
Seeing the invisible web of intellectual connectedness that binds as a community of scholars is the first step in embracing the consilience of knowledge.
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I Can’t Do Much, But I Can Do This
The undying need for respect, to make a difference and to matter, regardless of circumstance, crosses cultures and generations. It was just a cherry pie, but it was much, much more.
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Reflections on Francois Jacob
Since reading Jacob’s memoir a decade ago, I have been pondering his poignant reflections on creativity and human motivations. I still believe the future can be brighter than the past. Like Jacob, my food is anticipation; my drug is hope.
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Schrödinger’s Gershwin
In a scene worthy of The Matrix, I felt time slow to a fractal crawl. In the Planck time separating what was and what could be, I considered the Hamiltonian and its myriad possibilities.
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Transforming Lives via Public Higher Education
Education at a public research university provides so much more than the opportunity to leap economic barriers.We share our passion for the world of ideas, create new knowledge, transfer insights to a new generation, and unlock waking dreams of the future,