Gabriel Finkelstein

Tree with decorations

Only about 10% are accepted on the basis of academic merit

If one of the languages is German it’s known as brain draining

I visited for the eclipse.

Strasbourg shop. Cute or kitsch?

Crick: A Mind in Motion by Matthew Cobb review – the charismatic philanderer who changed science Genius and arrogance play leading roles in a new biography of the man who helped uncover the structure of DNA

And the Guardian! There are elements of her critique I accept, others I don't, but there you go...

YouTube video by KATU News 54 years later, Florence's exploding whale still a lesson on what not to do

youtu.be/5kEXAHklDU8

The Thing
(1982)
Dir. John Carpenter

Robespierre made this argument.

Actor Rock Hudson (1925-1985) was born 100 years ago today in Winnetka, Illinois. In 1965, he visited Scarsdale, New York, to shoot scenes for the John Frankenheimer film SECONDS. I wrote about the Scarsdale filming in 2015. The article is posted here: andybassny.substack.com/p/the-day-ro...

I know someone somewhere is thinking about Schrafft’s

Pink balloon

My kid drew Beabadoobee

word of the day

I was expecting a nude

Still, I sleep easy knowing that my posts undo all the harm that my president has done to our reputation abroad.

Maybe if my ex hadn’t quit her job as Trump’s receptionist I’d be ambassador to France. But then I’d have to resign.

Obama’s ambassador to France and I stayed with the same host family our junior year in high school.

Trump’s opinions are based on ignorance.

Emily in Paris will right this wrong

One year after President Trump’s election victory, it’s clear: he and Defense Secretary Hegseth have weakened our alliances, politicized our military, and made America less safe.

Rudy press conference at 4 seasons total landscaping

HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

Au goûter des poires au four, fourrées avec la caramel tarte à l'érable offert par @chanuage.bsky.social sur sablé. C'est délicieux !
@bubulle.bsky.social @jeandupond.bsky.social @solinaya.bsky.social

"Fourteen or Fight!"
I saw it at middle school in 1974.

I saw that

Mid-‘90s

Just ever so blasphemous, on Emil du Bois-Reymond's birthday, care of artificial intelligence

Reposting this on Emil du Bois-Reymond's birthday today

Emil du Bois-Reymond & Ignorance in Science: Interview with Gabriel Finkelstein “we are ignorant and we will remain ignorant”

Emil du Bois-Reymond was born on 7 November 1818.

Here is my interview with Joshua Richardson about his importance to the sciences of the mind. www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/emil-du-bo...

My original point was that “scientist” is much more restrictive in English. In German it’s any organized body of knowledge, like law or recycling.

Sure—Sociology is not part of the humanities but can be considered one of the Geisteswissenschaften (by Dilthey, for example)