Month: January 2026
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How to Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
Unambiguous and mutually understandable communication is non trivial. One needs to think deeply about what the audience may or may not know and what the unspoken assumptions might be. To illustrate this, I made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches following instructions written by four of the team members along with…
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Writing a PhD Dissertation “Bird by Bird” (h/t Anne Lamott)
One of the best books that I’ve ever read on the process of writing is Anne Lamott‘s book “bird by bird.” The title refers to a grade school report on birds that her brother procrastinated on until the last night before it was due. The phrase “bird by bird” refers…
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Just Because You Can, Should You? An Interactive Discussion on Ethics in a Scientific Context
Link to recording of research discussion 2025-01-15 @ FRIB room 1200 APS The Back Page (June 2010): “Scientific Fraud (or scientific misconduct if you dislike using the term fraud)” by David Goodstein TL/DR: Goodstein’s Framework for Scientific Fraud: “In my experience three factors are nearly always present whenever fraud occurs…
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