I Heart Scientists (By Way Of Introduction)
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 16:30
in Psychology & Sociology
It's been several months since Michael White invited me to blog here at Scientific Blogging. I think the immediate occasion for his invitation was a conversation we had about Douglas Hofstadter's 2007 book I Am a Strange Loop. I don't remember the details of what I said in that conversation, but I guess something in it made Mike think that I had something to offer here. That conversation was one of many we've enjoyed over the past year on topics at least potentially relevant to the bloggers and readers on this site: science fiction, science books written for a general public, the academy, the relationship between science and the humanities. But despite Mike's generous encouragement, I've felt afraid to post anything. read more