Saverio E. Spagnolie
@sespagnolie.bsky.social
Professor of Mathematics; Chemical & Biological Engineering, UW-Madison. I dig biological fluid dynamics, soft matter physics, and numerical methods. Vijayanagara (GMT Games).
https://people.math.wisc.edu/~spagnolie/
https://people.math.wisc.edu/~spagnolie/
One size fits all. Or perhaps: nobody.
October 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
One size fits all. Or perhaps: nobody.
Reminds me of an older set of membrane notes. A primer, if you will.
October 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Reminds me of an older set of membrane notes. A primer, if you will.
Here's the big study out of Sweden, if you'd like a lot of evidence suggesting confounding factors. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.
jamanetwork.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Here's the big study out of Sweden, if you'd like a lot of evidence suggesting confounding factors. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
I think I want 'golden age' to imply growth and dynamism. We could slide pretty far down in the US and still be leading the world in many metrics. But it sure won't feel like a 'golden age' while we contract, in part because quality will drop off.
September 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I think I want 'golden age' to imply growth and dynamism. We could slide pretty far down in the US and still be leading the world in many metrics. But it sure won't feel like a 'golden age' while we contract, in part because quality will drop off.
Here's one from the first site (since it's working right now), a more focused look at higher ed (HERD). China is the red line that's going up up up.
September 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Here's one from the first site (since it's working right now), a more focused look at higher ed (HERD). China is the red line that's going up up up.
Yeah that site seems buggy, sometimes it cuts out. Here's a different site. This is gross domestic expenditures on R&D though (GERD), which includes more than just higher-ed R&D support.
ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb2025...
ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb2025...
September 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Yeah that site seems buggy, sometimes it cuts out. Here's a different site. This is gross domestic expenditures on R&D though (GERD), which includes more than just higher-ed R&D support.
ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb2025...
ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb2025...
"At 8.7%, growth in R&D expenditure in China continued to surpass... the US(1.7%)&EU(1.6%) in 2023." But that's generic. "R&D in government sector institutions: up 2.5%; in higher education: 1.7%." I can't help but to link government sector / higher Ed.
www.oecd.org/en/data/insi...
www.oecd.org/en/data/insi...
R&D spending growth slows in OECD, surges in China; government support for energy and defence R&D rises sharply
OECD Main Science and Technology Indicators March 2025 data release.
www.oecd.org
September 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"At 8.7%, growth in R&D expenditure in China continued to surpass... the US(1.7%)&EU(1.6%) in 2023." But that's generic. "R&D in government sector institutions: up 2.5%; in higher education: 1.7%." I can't help but to link government sector / higher Ed.
www.oecd.org/en/data/insi...
www.oecd.org/en/data/insi...
China, ever on the rise. India too. If golden age means active investment and growth.
September 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
China, ever on the rise. India too. If golden age means active investment and growth.
It really tends to be a waste of time. The only times I've seen benefits are when 'workshopping' a sentence or maybe a paragraph that I've already written. And then 50% of the time I just keep my draft as is.
September 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
It really tends to be a waste of time. The only times I've seen benefits are when 'workshopping' a sentence or maybe a paragraph that I've already written. And then 50% of the time I just keep my draft as is.