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I’m having problems with phrases reduced to strings of letters

I recall the time when I was so proud I’d figured out what LOL meant, and OMG. That was when Twitter limited our individual expressions to 140 whatevers and it was necessary to use condensed language such as “b/c” for … Continue reading

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Want to shake off the god problem? Become a scientist

At the end of a thrilling and delightful August 16 New Yorker article, “The Youthful Universe: A new space telescope will allow us to see deeper into the past than ever before,” Rivka Galchen talked to Bob Williams, …the former … Continue reading

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