John Scott

Oct 18, 2024 | tulsaworld.com | John Scott

All this Bible bruhaha from State Superintendent Ryan Walters is pointless and a waste of energy, time and money. Let’s keep in mind, Walters has no authority to direct the placement of any book in public school classrooms, be it historically significant or otherwise. That is a decision from a locally elected school board.  This is the bottom line and everything else is simply drama that feeds his monstrous ego.

Dec 7, 2023 | tulsaworld.com | John Scott

Numerous writers of recent letters to the editor have lamented a common sentiment of being embarrassed to be known as residents of Oklahoma. At times, living here feels like giving tacit approval to some extreme policies, opinions and behavior. I’m often asked by out-of-state friends and family how folks like State Superintendent Ryan Walters, Sen. Markwayne Mullin and even Gov. Kevin Stitt manage to rise to powerful positions.

Nov 7, 2023 | journals.sagepub.com | John Scott

Scholars from very different interpretive traditions agree that Rousseau’s conception of human nature and the self constitutes a pivotal point in the history of philosophy. Leo Strauss sees Rousseau as the central figure in the “first crisis of modernity” (1953, 252), radicalizing the view of human nature advanced by Hobbes, Locke, and others and arguing that humans were characterized by almost limitless perfectibility and freedom, a being whose nature is not to have a nature.

Aug 8, 2023 | link.aps.org | John Scott |Krishna C. Balram

Abstract Understanding the computational overheads imposed by classical control systems on quantum computing platforms becomes critically important as these quantum machines grow in scale and complexity.