Ryan

Ryan is a professional nerd, teaching engineering in the frozen north. Somewhat less professionally, he is a costumer, author, blacksmith, juggler, gamer, serial enthusiast, and supporter of the Oxford comma. He can be found on twitter and instagram @studentofwhim. If you like what I do here, feel free to leave a tip in my tipjar.

Fiction

RyanJuly 18, 2019
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Intuition via Quantum Entanglement

My question is about the sort of intuition that seems to be directly related to bonding/relationships, and if we can…
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Fiction

RyanJuly 11, 2019
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Limbs in Space

Question from CharlesSmith9: What would happen to a human body in space if that body had also been blown into…
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Activism

RyanJuly 4, 2019
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Why does Independence Day look so… villainous?

Why is that image so instantly unsettling? It’s just a picture of a Fourth of July celebration being set up.…
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Fiction

RyanJuly 4, 2019
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Mall on Fire

Happy Birthday, America! This week in the Science of Fiction, we’re going to celebrate your founding in the traditional way,…
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Fiction

RyanJune 27, 2019
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The Increasingly Dubious science of werewolves – Transformations

“How could werewolves turn from human to wolf, scientifically speaking?” I’ve been working on this for a while. It’s a…
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Cosplay

RyanJune 21, 2019
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Saber on the cheap

Yesterday I wrote about building the hilts for some lightsabers. That was less than half of the story. Today, my…
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Religion

RyanJune 20, 2019
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Petition for Netflix to Cancel Amazon’s Good Omens

Earlier today, The Guardian reported on a delightful piece of silliness: a group called “Return to Order” had a petition…
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Cosplay

RyanJune 20, 2019
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Space Wizards and Wandsabers

I am not the first to recognize that Jedi are basically space wizards. I am not even the first to…
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