Old telescopes

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Still useful

The problem is funding.

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Old methods

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It’s getting harder

Some long-established habits are getting difficult to maintain.

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Handwriting

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Legibility

The old-fashioned art still has some use.

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The meeting (II)

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Software and soft skills

Our astronomer adds some comments on the meeting he attended this month.

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In person

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At the meeting

Why do scientists go to such great lengths to meet in person?

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Genre fiction

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Choosing books

How do you encourage people to read?

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Specialization

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Comparative advantage

How much should you be able to do, and how well?

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Imperfect texts

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Scholarship

How do you approach documents that you know are wrong?

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Unstated assumptions

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Conditional probability

The assumptions you make without noticing can change the answers you get.

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A philosophical essay

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Many topics

A mathematical essay turns out to have much more than mathematics in it.

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