String theory, muckraking, and odious thought experiments

And a treasure trove in arXiv’s LaTeX source code

This past week on the blog:

• String theory wars: An opinion-field inversion.

• Muckraking at the University of Oregon

• “The king, sir, is much better!”

• Postdoc, doctoral student, and summer intern positions, Bayesian methods, Aalto

• I would add three words to this statement by Uri Simonsohn on preregistration

• Junk science becomes more professionalized. Meanwhile, conspiracy theories are being more associated with the center-right and right, politically. How does all this fit together? I’m not sure.

• Treasure trove of forensic details in arXiv’s LaTeX source code

• Truth is more realistic than fiction, and what this tells us about odious thought experiments

• Progress in 2024 (Aki)

• This looks like an excellent new business line for Wolfram Research!

It’s mid-January already. Time to get back to work!