Author: Max

  • String Theory Explained with VR

    STRING THEORY’S WEIRDEST IDEAS FINALLY MAKE SENSE—THANKS TO VR THE ROBOT IS building a tesseract. He motions at a glowing cube floating before him, and an identical cube emerges. He drags it to the left, but the two cubes stay connected, strung together by glowing lines radiating from their corners. The robot lowers its hands,…

  • Softballing Disaster

    It continues to be so odd to me that really disturbing information is communicated with these happy, cheerful music beds and phrases like “it’s messing things up” when, in fact, the subject under discussion is something so dangerous it could very well permanently destroy the cycle of life and wipe out lots of dependent systems, and…

  • Apparently You’re a Jar of Jam, or a Jelly Donut

    Apparently You’re a Jar of Jam, or a Jelly Donut

    I’ve recently noticed many writers referring to people as objects. They might write, for instance, “Mary is a person that loves food.” instead of, “Mary is a person who loves food.” And while my tiny bit of research did turn up the fact that it’s technically acceptable to use this form in some cases, I am someone…