Very cool, if true
1. Transgender youths prescribed puberty blockers had approximately half the odds of mood disorders and one-fifth the odds of suicidal thoughts and behaviors(tags:puberty healthcare transgender children )2. Tell a sad video game story in three words(tags:games business sad )3. Scotland is spending...
Scott Alexander
An article by Scott Alexander. A simulation of the Game of Life within the Game of Life (video source). Tegmark’s hypothesis says: all possible mathematical objects exist. Consider a mathematical object like a cellular automaton - a set of simple rules that creates complex behavior. The...
Corey Chivers
I was intrigued by the recent splashy result showing how eigenvectors can be computed from eigenvalues alone. The finding was covered in Quanta magazine and the original paper is pretty easy to understand, even for a non-mathematician. Being a non-mathematician myself, I tend to look for insights...
Alastair Townsend
I recently published an academic paper answering the question: where do curves come from? I started this research well over a decade ago when I was working everyday with 3D design software at Grimshaw architects in London. The research began when I gave an internal presentation to overcome the...