The meeting (II)

Software and soft skills

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

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In person

At the meeting

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

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Genre fiction

Choosing books

How do you encourage people to read?

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Specialization

Comparative advantage

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

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Imperfect texts

Scholarship

How do you approach documents that you know are wrong?

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Unstated assumptions

Conditional probability

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

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A philosophical essay

Many topics

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

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Christmas cards (II)

Chronicles

Including the unimportant is important.

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Christmas cards

Staying in touch

How many people do you actually see regularly?

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Charted waters

More than depths

A nautical chart contains an enormous amount of information, if you can read it.

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