Doing Science – Page 6 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Lines of Communication between Scientists

2022-06-08

In a way I can understand that during the first months of Covid, there was a paper «debunking» the lab leak hypothesis. But only in a way.
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Consequences of Mobile Work for Those Working in the Office

2022-06-08

One consequence of the two-year intermittent home office spell — we might move to a mixed-home-office work world. Some thoughts.

Image: Hydra Open Plan Office in «Agents of Shield»
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Recommendation Larry McEnerney: The Craft of Writing Effectively

2022-06-08

Damn, I know that you start any text answering «Why should I care?», but he makes a couple of interesting points when it comes to effective writing.
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Covid Mistakes

2022-05-07

Perhaps the current breather has some potential for thinking about the next scare.
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Nudging

2022-05-07

Just a short thought about the use of nudges, especially in public health.

Image from UnHerd.
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Costly Signals

2022-05-07

How much can you give on what people say or do?
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Recommendation: Dr. Aaron Kheriaty: The Rise of the Biomedical Security State

2022-05-06

Interesting interview.
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Covid Consequences

2022-05-06

Interesting Zuby YAF Talk with a few additional consequences from Covid.
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Luck is the residue of design

2022-05-06

Beautiful view(s) on luck.
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Recommendation: Douglas Murray on The Rubin Report

2022-05-06

Interesting interview, likely an interesting book.
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This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.