Adrien De Sutter
@adesut.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science | Interested in the philosophical, sociological, & political implications of scientific research and new technologies
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Adrien De Sutter
@adesut.bsky.social
· Mar 31
‘We risk what has been called a ‘post-empirical physics’. In short, a Universe lost to the world’ Why the hunt for reality is an impossible burden for physics @adesut.bsky.social
Why the hunt for reality is an impossible burden for physics | Aeon Essays
Physicists today need to jettison the all-too-attractive myth that they are uncovering the hidden reality of our Universe
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I really enjoyed writing this piece for @aeon.co!
A huge thank you to @richardfisher.bsky.social for his patience and support during the editing process.
A huge thank you to @richardfisher.bsky.social for his patience and support during the editing process.
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La #LDH saisit la justice contre la décision très grave du ministère des affaires étrangères de suspendre toute opération d'évacuation de #Gaza en plein #génocide, même déjà organisée, alors que la CNDA a confirmé que le statut de réfugié peut être demandé par les Gazaouis.
« Le ministre des Affaires étrangères empêche des Palestiniens de sortir de la bande de Gaza »
Les avocats de Palestiniens bloqués à Gaza, soutenus par des associations, ont décidé de saisir en urgence le Conseil d’État pour contester la suspension des évacuations vers la France. Interview de Lyne Haigar, l’une des avocates ayant travaillé sur le recours.
www.politis.fr
September 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
La #LDH saisit la justice contre la décision très grave du ministère des affaires étrangères de suspendre toute opération d'évacuation de #Gaza en plein #génocide, même déjà organisée, alors que la CNDA a confirmé que le statut de réfugié peut être demandé par les Gazaouis.
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A poem by Lydia Davis
September 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
A poem by Lydia Davis
I hope this isn't true.
A 23-Year-Old Crypto Bro Is Now Vetoing NSF Grants While Staring At His Water Bottle
Picture this: You're a researcher who has spent years developing a grant proposal, gone through layers of expert review, and received National Science Foundation (NSF) approval. Then some kid barely out of college…
Picture this: You're a researcher who has spent years developing a grant proposal, gone through layers of expert review, and received National Science Foundation (NSF) approval. Then some kid barely out of college…
A 23-Year-Old Crypto Bro Is Now Vetoing NSF Grants While Staring At His Water Bottle
Picture this: You're a researcher who has spent years developing a grant proposal, gone through layers of expert review, and received National Science Foundation (NSF) approval. Then some kid barely out of college — whose main qualification appears to be founding a company that puts ads on the blockchain — logs into a Zoom meeting, pays more attention to his fingernails than the discussion, and kills your grant with a disinterested thumbs down.
www.techdirt.com
June 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I hope this isn't true.
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arablit.org
June 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
May 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
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I really enjoyed writing this piece for @aeon.co!
A huge thank you to @richardfisher.bsky.social for his patience and support during the editing process.
A huge thank you to @richardfisher.bsky.social for his patience and support during the editing process.
‘We risk what has been called a ‘post-empirical physics’. In short, a Universe lost to the world’ Why the hunt for reality is an impossible burden for physics @adesut.bsky.social
Why the hunt for reality is an impossible burden for physics | Aeon Essays
Physicists today need to jettison the all-too-attractive myth that they are uncovering the hidden reality of our Universe
buff.ly
March 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I really enjoyed writing this piece for @aeon.co!
A huge thank you to @richardfisher.bsky.social for his patience and support during the editing process.
A huge thank you to @richardfisher.bsky.social for his patience and support during the editing process.
Reposted by Adrien De Sutter
Franz Kafka was a true pioneer being the first person to ask "would you still love me if I was a worm?"
March 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Franz Kafka was a true pioneer being the first person to ask "would you still love me if I was a worm?"
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the perfectionist’s creed:
if i do it and it’s not perfect,
i have failed.
if i don’t do it at all,
i have also failed.
either way, i must feel bad.
so it is written.
so it shall be done.
if i do it and it’s not perfect,
i have failed.
if i don’t do it at all,
i have also failed.
either way, i must feel bad.
so it is written.
so it shall be done.
March 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
the perfectionist’s creed:
if i do it and it’s not perfect,
i have failed.
if i don’t do it at all,
i have also failed.
either way, i must feel bad.
so it is written.
so it shall be done.
if i do it and it’s not perfect,
i have failed.
if i don’t do it at all,
i have also failed.
either way, i must feel bad.
so it is written.
so it shall be done.
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The reason Civ 7 sucks is because they didn't have Luigi around to fix it
March 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The reason Civ 7 sucks is because they didn't have Luigi around to fix it
German public discourse in a nutshell. Taken between April and June 2024
March 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
German public discourse in a nutshell. Taken between April and June 2024
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#CallForApplications!
Three new positions for Postdoctoral Scholars in Department III "Artifacts, Actions, Knowledge."
🗓 Deadline: April 13, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4
#HistSci #AcademicSky #Skystorians #CfA #EnvHum #EnvHist #Sinology #DigitalHumanities #DH #MaterialCulture
Three new positions for Postdoctoral Scholars in Department III "Artifacts, Actions, Knowledge."
🗓 Deadline: April 13, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4
#HistSci #AcademicSky #Skystorians #CfA #EnvHum #EnvHist #Sinology #DigitalHumanities #DH #MaterialCulture
March 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#CallForApplications!
Three new positions for Postdoctoral Scholars in Department III "Artifacts, Actions, Knowledge."
🗓 Deadline: April 13, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4
#HistSci #AcademicSky #Skystorians #CfA #EnvHum #EnvHist #Sinology #DigitalHumanities #DH #MaterialCulture
Three new positions for Postdoctoral Scholars in Department III "Artifacts, Actions, Knowledge."
🗓 Deadline: April 13, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4
#HistSci #AcademicSky #Skystorians #CfA #EnvHum #EnvHist #Sinology #DigitalHumanities #DH #MaterialCulture
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Your outie reads widely, absorbing books from all sorts of thinkers beyond your narrow academic specialization.
Your outie writes accessibly for the general public.
Your outie is concerned with good ideas and their transmission, not with petty things like tenure and prestige within your field.
Your outie writes accessibly for the general public.
Your outie is concerned with good ideas and their transmission, not with petty things like tenure and prestige within your field.
March 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Your outie reads widely, absorbing books from all sorts of thinkers beyond your narrow academic specialization.
Your outie writes accessibly for the general public.
Your outie is concerned with good ideas and their transmission, not with petty things like tenure and prestige within your field.
Your outie writes accessibly for the general public.
Your outie is concerned with good ideas and their transmission, not with petty things like tenure and prestige within your field.