The year in physics - a review at Quanta Magazine.

Wittgenstein’s Tractatus turns 100 - 10 philosophers provide brief remarks on the book.

“What is unique and liberating about philosophy is that you are allowed to defend any idea, no matter how crazy it might sound, as long as you have an argument that you are willing to subject to scrutiny” - an in-depth interview with Yujin Nagasawa (Birmingham) at What Is It Like To Be A Philosopher?.

“The papers often seem to be written in the same way that someone who, never having seen a plane, tries to draw one based on its definition” - Robert Zaretsky (Houston) on professors who love books and students who do not read them.

A brief historical survey of philosophers on “enjoying food, drink, sex, dancing, and idleness, without guilt” - Max Hayward (Sheffield) in The Atlantic.

A New York Times columnist tries out Stoicism for the holidays - 'the Stoics have led me to the major philosophical insight that while I can’t control someone else’s construction site, it is within my power to purchase earplugs and then watch a detailed YouTube tutorial about how to 'Stop Inserting Earplugs Wrong!'' says Molly Young.

Philosophy of Medicine(by Maya Goldenberg) Philosophy of Physics (by Alisa Bokulich) And if you want to make your own, here’s a blank version of the comic.

If you know of others, send along links or mention them in the comments. History of Philosophy of Science (by Paul Franco): Philosophy of Biology (by Roberta Millstein) By request, here’s a round-up of ones in philosophy and related disciplines. It has now served as a template for people on social media to caricature the papers in their areas of study. Last week, Randall Munroe, author of the famed webcomic xkcd published a comic about “ Types of Scientific Paper“:

Xkcd tiny piano