The sky is gone (II)

A long history

The stars have been getting harder to see for a long time now.

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The sky is gone

And it’s not coming back

Something you didn’t know you had is going away.

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The inefficient astronomer

Learning and relearning

We ponder an example of wasted time in science.

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Unnatural mathematics

Horizontal and vertical

Learning math involves unlearning many obvious things.

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The problem problem

A pursuit curve

Answering the problems you get in class is less difficult than posing them in the first place.

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Tilting at windmills

The vanishing knight

Where did Don Quixote go?

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A small tool

One step beyond the eyes

We consider an anachronism.

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Beyond our expertise

Biology

We confront a vast area of (our) ignorance.

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Non-programmers

Asking the question

Are there some people who cannot learn computer programming?

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Attempting the impossible (II)

Parallel lines

We continue to wonder what good can come of trying to do what can’t be done.

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