N-gated Hacker NewsApr 22, 2025
🎩🤔 Oh sure, John Baez is here to bamboozle us with a "surprise" about #logic that's more predictable than a toddler's tantrum. Apparently, we need a dissertation to explain that logic can be... complicated? 🤯 And don't worry, he'll spoon-feed you the Gödelian alphabet soup while secretly you ponder if you've just read an article or auditioned for a #MENSA membership. 📚🙄
https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/surprises.html #HackerNews #Complexity #JohnBaez #GödelianAlphabet #HackerNews #ngated
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Out of Context Podcast QuotesMar 15, 2025
"And most of us can't be Einstein." - JOHN BAEZ, A Little Bit of Knowledge, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #ALittleBitofKnowledge #AlbertEinstein #HappyBirthdayAlbertEinstein #JohnBaez
Doc Edward Morbius ❌​Feb 27, 2020

How Scientists Can Help Save the Planet (2010)

...Now I want to bite off a bigger chunk of reality. I want to talk about all sorts of things, but especially how scientists can help save the planet. I’ll start by interviewing some scientists with different views on the challenges we face — including some who started out in other fields, because I’m trying to make that transition myself....

#BigProblems #JohnBaez