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Back in 2011 I led a Science Circle discussion on Black Swans (See link below for transcript). I am still fascinated by these phenomena and want to revisit them now after almost 9 years. A brief recap: A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a…

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Libraries were magic places when I was a child. I walked to several neighborhood public libraries all the time and loved to search out interesting stories from the slightly musty shelves. My grammar school only let us into the library once a week and the librarian made us feel like death awaited if we failed…

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My November 1st column is being published on October 31st because I love Halloween. It’s my favorite day to do scary things. We all know that Halloween (All Hallow’s Eve) has it’s roots in religious tradition but really for me it’s just an excuse to watch old, black & white, horror movies and wonder if…

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I sometimes forget that Second Life is a scientific laboratory for the computer scientist. The 3D world that I take for granted is the product of many, many talented programmers and mathematicians. I could program in C and FORTRAN but object oriented, windows-based programming always eluded me, so I am most impressed with the virtual…

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