Brenhin Keller

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Assistant Prof. of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College Geochronology | Petrology | Earth History | Computational Science | HPC | #julialang | he/they

to_expr(x) = x to_expr(t::Tuple) = Expr(to_expr.(t)...) lisparse(x) = to_expr(eval(Meta.parse(x))) function lispmode() printstyled("\nlisp> ", color=:magenta, bold=true) l = readline() # READ while l !== "(:exit)" try # So we don't get thrown out of the mode result = eval(lisparse(l)) # EVAL if isa(result, Expr) # PRINT (Meta.show_sexpr(result); println()) elseif isa(result, Tuple) Meta.show_sexpr(:($(result...),)); println() else display(result) end catch e display(e) end printstyled("\nlisp> ", color=:magenta, bold=true) l = readline() # READ end end
A tweet by Adrian Liston saying: I quit as a Frontiers editor and refuse to review papers for them because of how difficult the journal makes rejecting a paper. You essentially can’t, you can only get stuck in endless reviewing loops. Still shame on everyone involved, but this is what the Frontiers system allows
Image of a text excerpt from the above referenced paper, with the passage highlighted: "But it is a mistake to identify scientific practice with the formalized constructions of statistics and scientific method. These disciplines have their place, but it does not coincide with the place of scientific research. They offer a method of science but not, as is so often implied, the method. As formal disciplines they arose very late in the history of science, and most of the facts of science have been discovered without their aid."
So far, the answer seems to be that both natural disasters played a role, in a kind of one-two punch. “To many people who aren't really following the field that closely, it seems like, ‘What are you guys doing? You’re flailing around. Get to the answer, goddammit,’” says Renne. “Twenty years ago, people would stop at ‘Well, was it an asteroid or was it the volcanism?’ And that was as far as the argument went. Now, people are much more concerned about the nuances.”
Two red rhodochrosite specimens (both from the Sweet Home Mine, Alma CO) on a wood table, the smaller one on the right has a black oxide coating over much of its surface