https://hardthinking.com/2022/04/23/listen-to-the-engineers/2023-06-29T22:09:55+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2021/07/03/need-another-seven-astronauts/https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/screen-shot-2021-09-15-at-2.57.25-pm.pngScreen Shot 2021-09-15 at 2.57.25 PMIt is 2002. Kasparov is the best in the world but he's being ka-rushed in this particular game. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/judit1.pngjudit1At age 10 she defeated an international master. At age 11 she defeated a grandmaster. At age 15 she became a grandmaster. At age 25 she defeated the top-ranked chess player in the world. At her best, she was ranked 8th in the world. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/first-folio-preface.pngfirst-folio prefaceI feel a sneeze coming on.https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/screen-shot-2021-08-15-at-8.33.51-pm.pngScreen Shot 2021-08-15 at 8.33.51 PMTranslation of the first two lines of Latin: In judgment a Pylian, in intellect a Socrates, in art a Maro. The earth covers, the people mourn, Olympus holds. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/screen-shot-2021-07-30-at-11.18.33-pm.pngScreen Shot 2021-07-30 at 11.18.33 PMEngraving of Shakespeare bust circa 1630. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/screen-shot-2021-07-30-at-11.15.03-pm.pngScreen Shot 2021-07-30 at 11.15.03 PMEngraving of Shakespeare bust circa 1830. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/screen-shot-2021-07-25-at-3.24.54-pm.pngScreen Shot 2021-07-25 at 3.24.54 PMThe contributors are all brilliant and knowledgeable and its hard, though not impossible, to find a coherent thought in the the whole book. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/screen-shot-2021-07-25-at-8.31.43-am.pngScreen Shot 2021-07-25 at 8.31.43 AMIn Italy, Roe discovered that Shakespeare's Duke's Oak capitalized was a real place. The reason for the capitalization had long eluded scholars.https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/screen-shot-2021-07-25-at-8.32.36-am.pngScreen Shot 2021-07-25 at 8.32.36 AMWaugh's contribution is a priceless, ungentle, well deserved takedown of mainstream Italy denial. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/screen-shot-2021-07-25-at-7.18.11-am.pngScreen Shot 2021-07-25 at 7.18.11 AMSan Pietro Incarnario, the real church and the setting for Romeo and Juliet. 2021-10-26T18:43:28+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2017/08/29/scipio-who/https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-6.36.23-pm-e1605570434538.pngScreen Shot 2020-11-16 at 6.36.23 PMDr. Ride flew on the Challenger in the years prior to the disaster. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-4.58.34-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-11-16 at 4.58.34 PMThe Nobel Prize winning physicist who devoloped and simplified quantum electro-dynamics with his famous "Feynman diagrams" reminded everyone that when you don't have enough data, you must take a probabilistic viewpoint in your analysis. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-4.47.00-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-11-16 at 4.47.00 PMHe was told to take off his engineering hat. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-2.39.48-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-11-16 at 2.39.48 PMThe intact cockpit arced to the right. McAuliffe and the other astronauts were alive but doomed. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-3.39.34-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-11-16 at 3.39.34 PMDick Scobee, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Michael Smith, Christa McAuliffe, Ellison Onizuka, and Gregory Jarvis boarding the space shuttle in January 1986. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-2.46.23-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-11-16 at 2.46.23 PMhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-2.36.30-pm.pngScreen Shot 2020-11-16 at 2.36.30 PMhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2018-04-18-at-4-56-23-pm.pngScreen Shot 2018-04-18 at 4.56.23 PMhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/screen-shot-2018-03-02-at-5-20-47-pm.pngScreen Shot 2018-03-02 at 5.20.47 PMhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/shakespeare_dr_hall_cover_1nd_edition.jpgshakespeare_dr_hall_cover_1nd_edition2020-12-12T20:48:39+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2016/09/29/amanda-knox-and-the-morons/https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/merdithcasket.jpgmerdithcaskethttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2017-05-03-at-7-39-41-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-05-03 at 7.39.41 PMSollecito was offered a deal: if he testified against Knox, he could go home. He told them to go to Hell. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/monalisa.jpgmonalisahttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2017-05-01-at-2-18-48-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-05-01 at 2.18.48 PMhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2017-05-01-at-12-46-03-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-05-01 at 12.46.03 PMhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2017-04-21-at-4-37-16-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-04-21 at 4.37.16 PMhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2017-04-18-at-1-06-54-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-04-18 at 1.06.54 PMhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2017-04-13-at-5-28-45-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-04-13 at 5.28.45 PMFor Knox, being pretty was a crime. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2017-04-13-at-5-11-31-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-04-13 at 5.11.31 PMhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2017-04-12-at-8-53-14-am.pngScreen Shot 2017-04-12 at 8.53.14 AMFor Knox, being pretty was a crime. 2022-10-31T02:39:19+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2017/05/09/a-rational-person-reads-shakespeare/https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-06-22-at-1-22-04-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-22 at 1.22.04 PMJoseph Jackson was also literate. His signatures match. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-06-22-at-1-21-53-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-22 at 1.21.53 PMWilliam Johnson signed his name on the real estate deal involving Shakespeare. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-06-22-at-1-17-56-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-22 at 1.17.56 PMhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-06-22-at-1-17-36-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-22 at 1.17.36 PMhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-06-21-at-10-23-56-am.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-21 at 10.23.56 AMThe last page of his will with the first three words written by a clerk and the last name apparently with his own hand. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-06-21-at-10-23-43-am.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-21 at 10.23.43 AMhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-06-21-at-10-23-20-am.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-21 at 10.23.20 AMhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-06-21-at-10-20-13-am.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-21 at 10.20.13 AMAn apparent attempt to sign his will with his own hand. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-06-21-at-10-15-08-am.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-21 at 10.15.08 AMThis signature was written by a clerk on a document in a real estate deal. The other signatories wrote their own name. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screen-shot-2017-06-21-at-10-12-42-am.pngScreen Shot 2017-06-21 at 10.12.42 AM2017-11-15T18:26:51+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2017/07/05/the-professor-doth-protest-too-much-methinks/2017-11-23T02:08:11+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2017/07/11/did-shakspere-write-shakespeare/https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/globe.jpgglobehttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cheshirecat.jpgcheshirecatLike the Cheshire Cat, Shakespeare could annihilate himself. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/loves_labours_tp.jpg[Love's labour's lost] A pleasant conceited comedie called, LouSTC 22294 copy 1, title pagehttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/screen-shot-2017-08-10-at-1-14-24-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-08-10 at 1.14.24 PMhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/screen-shot-2017-08-10-at-1-13-51-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-08-10 at 1.13.51 PMhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/tendollars.jpgtendollarshttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/robinhood.jpgrobinhoodhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/screen-shot-2017-07-24-at-10-27-38-am.pngScreen Shot 2017-07-24 at 10.27.38 AMSignature written by a clerk on a legal document. Other signatories signed their names. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/screen-shot-2017-07-24-at-10-26-44-am.pngScreen Shot 2017-07-24 at 10.26.44 AMSignature on a second document in the same real estate deal as above this time signed by a different clerk. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ducks.jpgDucks2025-01-19T12:36:38+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/about/https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/screen-shot-2016-10-08-at-10-14-46-am.pngscreen-shot-2016-10-08-at-10-14-46-amhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/screen-shot-2016-10-08-at-10-13-58-am.pngscreen-shot-2016-10-08-at-10-13-58-amhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/screen-shot-2016-10-08-at-10-12-08-am.pngscreen-shot-2016-10-08-at-10-12-08-amhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/screen-shot-2016-10-08-at-10-05-30-am.pngscreen-shot-2016-10-08-at-10-05-30-amhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/screen-shot-2016-10-08-at-9-51-46-am.pngscreen-shot-2016-10-08-at-9-51-46-amEdward de Vere was probably Shakespeare. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/screen-shot-2016-10-08-at-9-46-10-am.pngscreen-shot-2016-10-08-at-9-46-10-amhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/screen-shot-2016-10-08-at-9-43-20-am.pngscreen-shot-2016-10-08-at-9-43-20-am2017-10-26T22:17:34+00:00weekly0.6https://hardthinking.com/2017/07/06/no-evidence-evidence/2023-08-29T21:44:58+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2016/09/21/shakespeare-again/https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-11-27-at-12-49-39-pm.pngscreen-shot-2016-11-27-at-12-49-39-pmhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-11-27-at-12-36-12-pm.pngscreen-shot-2016-11-27-at-12-36-12-pmhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-11-27-at-8-54-05-am.pngscreen-shot-2016-11-27-at-8-54-05-amhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-11-27-at-8-47-27-am.pngscreen-shot-2016-11-27-at-8-47-27-amhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-11-19-at-11-34-32-am.pngscreen-shot-2016-11-19-at-11-34-32-amhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-11-18-at-10-25-40-pm.pngscreen-shot-2016-11-18-at-10-25-40-pmhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-11-18-at-10-16-16-pm.pngscreen-shot-2016-11-18-at-10-16-16-pmhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-11-18-at-10-09-34-pm.pngscreen-shot-2016-11-18-at-10-09-34-pmhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-11-18-at-9-29-28-pm.pngscreen-shot-2016-11-18-at-9-29-28-pmhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-11-18-at-9-04-52-pm.pngscreen-shot-2016-11-18-at-9-04-52-pm2017-07-18T15:21:03+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2012/01/27/shakespeare-authorship-short-version/https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/21.jpgLast Page of WillLast Page of Shakespeare's Willhttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/272px-shakespeare_signature_2-jpg1.png272px-Shakespeare_signature_2.jpgHe may also have had help with this one.https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/186px-edmund_spenser_signature-svg.png186px-Edmund_Spenser_Signature.svgEdmund Spenser's signatures was smooth and distinctive though not easily readable. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/signatures.gifsignaturesFive signatures. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/shakespeare_signatures_labelled1.pngShakespeare_signatures_labelledAll of the known handwriting of William Shakespeare.https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/marlowe-signature-15851.jpgMarlowe-Signature-1585So could Christopher Marlowe. Elizabethans didn't care about spelling even of names. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/marlowe-signature-1585.jpgMarlowe-Signature-1585The pretty signature of Christopher Marlowehttps://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/edward-oxenford-signature.jpgedward-oxenford-signatureEdward de Vere was knows as the leading court playwright but never published a play under his own name. https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/baconsignature1.gifbaconsignatureBacon also had no trouble writing his name.https://hardthinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/baconsignature.gifbaconsignature2025-01-20T14:43:59+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2011/11/18/rags-to-riches-stories/2016-09-28T03:15:47+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2015/02/26/the-marching-morons/2016-09-27T00:12:06+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2013/06/10/shakespeare-short-short-version/2018-01-13T23:42:59+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2014/07/20/posting-in-the-crazy-house/2016-10-31T07:37:40+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2014/03/06/innocent-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt/2023-01-03T11:52:14+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2014/02/06/junk-science-can-kill/2015-09-03T16:17:30+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2014/02/20/the-tragedy-of-dershowitz/2017-10-09T08:02:36+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2014/02/02/amanda-knox-and-the-prosecution/2014-03-10T18:26:56+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2013/04/12/why-smart-people-question-shakespeare-authorship/2025-12-24T12:07:43+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2011/11/04/anonymous-did-shakespeare-write-shakespeare/2017-11-14T01:12:20+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2012/04/04/quantum-mechanics-introduction/2016-10-30T14:23:05+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.com/2012/03/20/relativity-introduction/2014-08-30T19:53:54+00:00monthlyhttps://hardthinking.comdaily1.02025-12-24T12:07:43+00:00