Morning thoughts on science by Nathan Jones

Science is ahistorical. Although many contemporary scientists can name the pioneers who developed the foundational theories of the prevailing paradigm, they act as if these theories had always existed, as if they were eternal truths that never had predecessors. Scientists are generally ignorant of and uncurious about how and why the currently accepted theories came to be.

Science is un-self-relfective. Scientists take for granted and never question the metaphysics of the scientific worldview. They act as if there are no unfalsifiable assumptions whatsoever at the foundation.

Springtime black-and-white diptych by Nathan Jones

Exposed on Kodak Tri-X 400 film using a Nikon F80 mounted with a 50 mm f/1.8D lens. Read my review of this wonderful camera.

Through glass in Copenhagen by Nathan Jones

Exposed on Kodak Portra 400 film using a Nikon F100 mounted with a 35 mm f/1.4 Sigma Art lens. Read my review of this wonderful camera.

Langara neighbourhood diptych by Nathan Jones

I love the way the Nikon D80 (2006-2008) renders colours. It has a film-like quality, particularly when coupled with an older, manual-focus lens, like the 24 mm f/2.8 AI-s (which is soft and painterly in the corners at large apertures.) Here are more photos shot with this combination.

The job I hire coffee to do by Nathan Jones

When we buy a product, we essentially ‘hire’ something to get a job done. If it does the job well, when we are confronted with the same job, we hire that same product again. And if the product does a crummy job, we ‘fire’ it and look around for something else we might hire to solve the problem.
— Clayton Christensen in Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice (2016)