@oatsandsugar's commonplace book

This is where @oatsandsugar catalogues things worth keeping, with thoughts or half thoughts as to why. Kept primarily for re-finding and re-thinking.

Entries

A prosthesis over a healthy limb
Ned Beauman describes AI as a crutch that cripples. literature ai thinking tools
It has not escaped our notice
Watson and Crick's quiet sentence about base pairing, copying, and the confidence of leaving the implications open. science biology scientific-writing discovery
A gem backed with foil
The narrative foil comes from jewelers backing gems with foil to make them shine more brightly, and Shakespeare used the image knowingly. etymology literature language