Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Tag: random walk
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On Being the Right Size: Science Scaling and Power Laws
Balancing single researcher support against large projects is of ever-growing scientific policy importance.
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The Epistemology of Science
If it disagrees with experiment, it’s WRONG. In that simple statement is the key to science.
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Driving: Integers and Reals
Despite the deep and broad similarities that transend regional and national cultures, uniting us as humans, I have observed wide variation in one one deeply individualistic trait. The frequency of this trait widely varies across regions of the United States, across countries and across cultures; it is preponderant in some, rare in others, but present…