Tag Archives: first principles

The difficulty of option ‘c’

Posted on February 8, 2020 by VM

Can any journalist become a science journalist? More specifically, can any journalist become a science journalist without understanding the methods of scientific practice and administration? This is not a trivial question because not all the methods of science can be … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Scicomm | Tagged authority, climate geoengineering, expertise, first principles, Global warming, organised religion, organised science, science journalism, scientific knowledge | Leave a comment

Hard sci-fi

Posted on September 29, 2019 by VM

Come November, I will be at the Bangalore Literary Festival in conversation with Sri Lankan sci-fi author Navin Weeraratne. I am told Navin – “like you,” according to one of the organisers – is a proponent of hard sci-fi, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged fantasy fiction, first principles, Gautam Shenoy, hard sci-fi, Navin Weeraratne, science fiction, soft sci-fi | Comments Off

Tag Archives: first principles

The difficulty of option ‘c’

Hard sci-fi

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