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86232969 | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 A question for the Mastodon hive mind. Do you know of any #scifi + #science crossovers #writing about future perspectives? Leaning more, or at least, based more, on the science?

I have an insane idea for a project that could make my worlds* collide... or never happen. Thoughts?

*Harry is my scifi writing (trying) alter ego, by day I'm an actual scientist.
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Nicole Rust | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Why complexity in biology is different from how we traditionally think about physics.

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86232969 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @8599d6ab I've always thought of biological systems as "messy" rather than complex. Messy in the sense that there are so many things going on and we don't have a handle on them, how they behave and how they interact. But I'm a physicist.
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86232969 | 1 years ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 I'm not saying that coffee is an important part of my daily routine but I do know that on the 3rd of June 2007 I didn't have one and I've never made that mistake again.

#coffee

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