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Posts published by “John Horgan”

Senior Kaitlin Gili starts international mentoring group for women

Like everyone else in the world, the Stevens community could use some good news. So let me tell you about Kaitlin Gili, a Stevens senior majoring in Physics, and the organization she founded, EWAAB, which helps young women planning to enter physics, computer science, and other male-dominated professions.

Optimism for a dark time

Through most of my youth, I was a pessimist. My Mom called me Eeyore, after the gloomy donkey in Winnie the Pooh.

Talking about mental illness

The mind-body problem is the deepest mystery of existence. Narrowly speaking, it asks how a brain — a mere chunk of matter, a bundle of quarks and electrons — makes a mind.

Stevens physicist Chris Search critiques his field

Chris Search, a professor of physics, is one of my favorite Stevens people. I like having him speak to my science-writing students because they love hearing him riff about physics and other science-related topics.

My Go-To Arguments for Free Will

I often dwell on free will as the new year begins, and my resolutions (quit caffeine, again, start meditating, again) are already wavering