- Nov 07, 2020
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- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
What shocks me is people who have no expertise championing a view that runs counter to the mainstream scientific consensus.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of the problem is that if anybody has a gut reaction about an issue, they can go online and have it backed up. That said, they can also find support for their ideas in the mainstream media - because when the mainstream media gives a so-called balanced view, it’s often misleading.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Scientists aren’t necessarily good communicators, because they aren’t trained to be good communicators.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
All I am saying is that if you want to answer a question, then we need to examine and weigh up the evidence. To me, that's not dogmatic that's just... what else would you do?
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm fairly unemotional and tend not to get too excited when things go well and I tend not to get too depressed when they go badly.
- Mathematics
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- Nov 07, 2020
The truth is that many of the writers of 'The Simpsons' are deeply in love with numbers, and their ultimate desire is to drip-feed morsels of mathematics into the subconscious minds of viewers.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was finishing my PhD, I could just see people who were a bit quicker and brighter and smarter than me and I thought, 'well they are the people who are going to make the great discoveries.'
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of all, a good maths education encourages students to embrace difficult problems, not shy away from them. In my opinion, the problem is that most UK secondary schools don’t stretch good mathematicians and therefore fail to turn them into excellent mathematicians.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
I start 'The Code Book' with the story of Mary Queen of Scots and the Babington Plot, which was foiled when Mary’s enciphered messages fell into the hands of Elizabeth I’s codebreakers.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
People back down because the libel system is so utterly hostile to journalists, bloggers, scientists. The smart thing is not to fight.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
One scientist will interpret data one way, another in another way. One scientist may feel that an experiment is valid, another feels it's invalid. That's why scientists have discussions and put forward their opinions in conferences and papers.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody wants to get rid of the libel laws, but we want them to be fairer. If we drove down the costs you might end up with more people suing. The only people who can afford it now are the rich and the giant corporations.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
If someone feels they're being maliciously treated, then they should sue for libel. And if someone is malicious, if they are reckless, they will have no defence in law at all.
- Goodnight
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- Nov 07, 2020
Reviewing good puzzle books is frustrating, because you get to page one of the introduction, find a curious puzzle, become engrossed for 20 minutes, miss your stop and then fail to get home in time to say goodnight to the kids.
- Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact that we have 7 days of the week can be traced to the Babylonian and Jewish civilisations, with the first documented reference dating to 600BC.
- Nov 07, 2020
There is clearly something right about 7, because other numbers fail to resonate with us in quite the same way.
- General
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- Nov 07, 2020
Indeed, nobody is close to developing a general formula that predicts the number flips required for any given number of pancakes.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without doubt, the most mathematically sophisticated television show in the history of primetime broadcasting is 'The Simpsons'.
- Curious
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- Nov 07, 2020
Roughly 65% of American households owned a video recorder by 1989, when 'The Simpsons' was launched. This meant that fans could watch episodes several times and pause a scene when they had spotted something curious.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many of the worst cases that triggered the campaign for libel reform involved corporations suing critics, so these particular sections of the bill are vital to reduce future abuses of libel law.
- Discussed
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- Nov 07, 2020