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Posts published in “Scientific Curmudgeon”

Dreams, reality, and quantum mechanics

My girlfriend, “Emily,” often tells me her dreams, and I, less often, tell her mine, which are usually too murky and disjointed to share.

Big data, bad healthcare and my girlfriend’s magic ring

My girlfriend, “Emily,” who likes to hack her health, recently purchased an Oura Ring. From the outside, it looks like an ordinary silver ring, but it’s lined with sensors that monitor heart rate, respiration, temperature, body motion and other variables.

My stupid elbow and the crazy economics of healthcare

Last winter, I banged my right elbow playing hockey, and it became swollen and red. Doctors diagnosed bursitis, inflammation of my elbow’s bursa sac, and prescribed antibiotics.

Things aren’t as bad as you think

Last December, I was feeling glum, and so was almost everyone I know. I thought, I should get a bigshot intellectual to give the Stevens community a pep talk, but who?