Jason Socrates Bardi
@JasonBardi
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I am an American journalist, book author, and editorial director. I write about health care, policy, math, technology, aging, AI, infections, physics, and food.
Washington, D.C.
Joined October 2011
In my upcoming book The Great Math War (@BasicBooks, 2025), I describe some of the modern neuroscience evidence that suggests mathematics is what I call a "human primitive," something that evolved far back in time -- and not just in human populations! Monkeys, crows, dolphins,
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This is a really interesting if a bit in-the-weeds policy perspective on personalized gene editing for treating and curing rare diseases. What good is the emerging field of interventional genetics if nobody can afford it? https://t.co/GOqgjZT2DG Interventional genetics is a
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Explore how ambition, rivalry, and philosophy shaped the human side of mathematics. Join @JasonBardi and me as we unravel the stories behind the equations on @breakingmathpod @BasicBooks Listen Now:
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On-Campus French Food Insecurity The thought of hard-working young people starving in the freakin-food-capitol-of-the-worldParis suburbs is a particularly sad one, but that’s exactly what a new study from Université Sorbonne Paris Nord and Université Paris Cité shows. Published
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Happy publication day to "THE GREAT MATH WAR: How Three Brilliant Minds Fought for the Foundations of Mathematics," by @JasonBardi. A stirring account of the mathematicians who went looking for the bedrock philosophical foundations of their field and witnessed a house of cards
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My book was published today! Get a 20 percent discount this month with the code "MATHWAR20" here: https://t.co/xq4RjEocJ8 Thank you @BasicBooks
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A stirring account of the mathematicians who went looking for the bedrock philosophical foundations of their field and witnessed a house of cards collapse in...
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My book comes out on Tuesday!!! from @BasicBooks It’s available for pre-order with a 20 percent discount until Dec. 1 with the code MATHWAR20 here: https://t.co/xq4RjEoKyG
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My latest story for The YuVoice Sentinel. It's an exploration of bats -- just in time for Halloween!!! https://t.co/YxGbOch2l0
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If you ever wondered what my top 16 bands and top 16 albums are, here you go: 1. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time 2. Helloween - Keeper of The Seven Keys part 1 3. Scorpions - Lovedrive 4. Dokken - Back for The Attack 5. Savatage - Power of The Night 6. Virgin Steele
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"The Great Math War" by @JasonBardi "reads like one long, revelatory conversation with a brilliant friend." --Edward Wilson-Lee, author of "The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books" Available November 4th. See the link below to learn more.
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WHAT WOULD GOD SAY ABOUT MY WEIGHT? There’s an interesting paper in @JAMANetworkOpen this week on a faith-based health intervention study involving people with prediabetes in poor, rural parts of Bangladesh. These are people who live in places where access to even inexpensive
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NEVER AGAIN WOULD BIRDSONG BE AS LAME Never again would birdsongs be the same, Robert Frost once wrote. Turns out, he was right. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biological Intelligence at Seewiesen, Germany, have discovered how testosterone drives female songbirds
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Shots fired!
Sean Dummy is trying to kill NASA!
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Interesting political debate on beef
Dear @POTUS Trump, We love you and support you— but your suggestion to buy beef from Argentina to stabilize beef prices would be an absolute betrayal to the American cattle rancher. We understand there are larger economic and geopolitical dynamics at play, including countering
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The new leader of Japan is a heavy metal drummer inspired by Iron Maiden, apparently. Is it time to Run to the Hills? https://t.co/dgBaAiPyYT
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Sanae Takaichi, a fan of Iron Maiden, had an improbable rise to power. Like her mentor, Shinzo Abe, she is expected to lead Japan to the right.
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