The Reference Frame

...more precisely screwing string theory... The 5,250+ TRF blog entries discuss various topics, mostly scientific ones, including minor a...

What is the most intensely discussed event in the Czech news these days? Czech president Miloš Zem...

Things have improved a little bit in the attitude of the media to the climate debate. Click here if you don't see a proper video ab...

The following paper by Jonathan Heckman of Harvard is either wrong, or trivial, or revolutionary: Statistical Inference and String Theory ...

U.S.: As predicted and discussed on TRF exactly 3 months ago , Ernest Moniz became the new U.S. secretary of energy. Valtr Komárek died t...

Paul O. helped me to possess an iPod Touch, because of my modest contributions to his Our Climate app. I have downloaded about 500 applicat...

Richard Dawid is a philosopher of science who was trained as a high-energy theoretical physicist and his new book that you may pre-order – i...

During my decade in the U.S., my tax returns got audited at least twice – both of them had to be fixed when I was already back in Europe and...

Richard Feynman would celebrate his 95th birthday today. BBC2 on Sunday: The Fantastic Mr Feynman...

Many texts about the climate and related issues are highly, boringly repetitive. I believe that a typical person who regularly follows the r...

Heterosis or the hybrid vigor or outbreeding enhancement is the lucky event (and an important component of Darwin's evolution) in which...

It is the second time when I was contacted by someone who seems to be a fan of Nassim Haramein. Who...

Several debaters as well as complexity theorist Boaz Barak religiously worship their belief that it...

The Riemann Hypothesis is probably the deepest one In 2000, the Clay Mathematics Institute offered 7 times $1,000,000 for the proofs of th...

This text has been expanded and covers the rest of the book... Originally posted on May 1st If you read my previous observations on Scott ...