Vibhu Mittal

Enrico Fermi: "I'm getting rusty and old—I cannot follow the highbrow theory developed by Oppenheimer's pupils anymore. I went to their seminar and was depressed by my inability to understand them. Only the last sentence cheered me up: 'And this is Fermi's theory of beta decay.'"

My daughter tried the first prototype of Super Teacher when she was 5. Now she's 7, and the app is available on the App Store. getsuperteacher.com/t/1 They grow up so fast! ❤️😭

Super Teacher: More effective than a private tutor producthunt.com/posts/super-te… h/t @JoshConstine for hunting!

It's the 10-year anniversary of my first book, The Startup of You. Today a new edition is available everywhere. startupofyou.com

I received another disappointing un-fundable score for my @NIH grant today. I am privileged, and I realize no-one wants to hear me complain. Just sharing to make the point that everyone experiences this kind of feedback, and that it never stops from stinging! 1/3

What if I told you there was a single intervention we could deliver in our cities that would cool them during heatwaves, reduce flooding, scrub pollutants from the air, boost biodiversity, improve public health, and even reduce crime? You wouldn't believe me. But it's true.

All leaders should strive for and be held accountable for intellectual consistency.

The birth of AI, 70 years ago!

Impressive how creative some folks can be, even with something as cerebral as the presidential debates. rollingstone.com/music/music-ne… Having Weird A Yankovic as the moderator may be a good way to keep these debates in 'check'. :-)

For those of you that missed the debate yesterday, here is an (only mildly altered) transcription of the debate. waitbutwhy.com/2020/09/debate…

To invent new reasons for a decision every time our leaders need to justify anything is pathetic and unworthy. I may have been unhappy with some decisions, but at least I felt that I knew the rules of the game. Now the kids with the ball change the rules in the middle of the game

Together, we have signed up over 300k new poll workers to ensure a safe and secure election in November. You all keep us going, so thank you! Today, take a second to tell a friend why you #PowerThePolls and encourage them to do the same! Together we can defend democracy 🗳💪

The Trump re-election strategy seems to be to argue that only Donald Trump can save America from Donald Trump’s America.

In Singapore, if you opt out of the organ-donor scheme you go to the bottom of the list for transplants. Wouldn't that be a good idea for masks: if you opt out of wearing one you go to the bottom of the list for coronavirus treatment?

@audreywatters 💔

Treat yourself to a couple of minutes of feeling good. These babies are wearing hearing aids, and for the first time they're hearing what is being said to them.

The Armchair Epidemiologist

This paper appears to yield a number of VERY USEFUL hypotheses and treatment for critical patients if true: chemrxiv.org/articles/COVID… (1/n)

Trying to process this.

Been homeschooling a 6-year old and 8-year old for one hour and 11 minutes. Teachers deserve to make a billion dollars a year. Or a week.