2/3 of the “serves 4” quantities suited two hungry people. I stuck a couple of leeks in it and used shiitake mushrooms. Om nom nom. (tags: baconrisottorecipe)
Sean Caroll got mentioned in Craig’s podcast, and responds: “The moment of the Big Bang is, if anything is, a place where quantum gravity is supremely important. The Borde-Guth-Vilenkin results are simply not about quantum gravity.” “But when we’re not experts, it’s not intellectually honest to distort the words of experts to make them sound like they fit our pre-conceived narrative. That’s why engagement with people like Craig is fundamentally less interesting than engagement with open-minded people who are willing to take what the universe has to offer, rather than forcing it into their favorite boxes.” (tags: inflationwilliam-lane-craigbig-bangcosmologyreligiongodphysicssean-carroll)
“Mr. Obama appeared to relish the larger canvas of the United Nations and his subject, freedom of speech and why in the United States, even making “a crude and disgusting video” is a right of all citizens.” Interesting: some of this is heading off Romney’s criticism, but it’s good to see, anyway. (tags: UNunited-nationsislampoliticsfreedomspeechobama)