Author Archives: Sung Lee

Lenny Susskind’s Humour

I stumbled upon one of Lenny Susskind’s old arXiv papers titled “Rebuttal to a Paper on Wormholes“. In the abstract, he wrote a pretty harsh criticism on another arXiv paper by saying “the author of that paper demonstrated that he … Continue reading

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One cannot fight physics and math

The other day I was reading a blog article by Andrei Martyanov and he said in there: “One cannot fight physics and math, it’s impossible.” The article was not about math or physics and he is neither a mathematician nor … Continue reading

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Pair of huge plasma jets spotted blasting out of gigantic black hole

The above title is the verbatim from a Guardian news article that a colleague in chemistry shared. I don’t usually read the Guardian and it is not a reliable source of science news. The article is not well-written and it … Continue reading

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Doctor Who: Terror of Autons

I was born and grew up in South Korea, and back in 1970’s not many people owned a TV. I was living in a rural area and my family was luckily one of very few families that owned a TV … Continue reading

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Amazing Sukhoi SU-34

Ever since I was a kid I have always been interested in airplanes. When I was a kid I have made a lot of plastic models of World War I & II airplanes. (Maybe I should have gone into aerospace … Continue reading

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