Entropically Yours

Why Schrödinger had the wrong entity in the superposition, what Liouville's theorem has to do with your cat knocking things off tables, and the entity that lent you a timeline.

How depression, intellectual cross-training, and a paranoid review process became a research methodology. The black dog turns out to be an excellent research assistant, even if the working conditions are terrible.

The academic publishing system operates on a simple feedback loop: prestige begets prestige. High-status authors get easier publication; easier publication raises status; higher status attracts better work; better work reinforces status. The loop is self-sealing. This piece models the dynamics precisely and shows why double-blind review is not a procedural nicety but a structural necessity.