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Luke Rabbitte

SciTech
24 SEP

The pattern seekers’ songbook and the neuroscience of imagination

A Trinity study explores what it is that we love about music

Luke Rabbitte

“I certainly like pauses in DJing,” the electronic music pioneer Sam Shepherd (who releases under the pseudonym Floating Points) says in his label biography. “Especially in all-night sets where I assume dancers would welcome moments of calm…I’ve found that with …

24 September 2021Leave a commentLuke Rabbitte 24 September 2021
SciTech
30 APR

Sunday Longread: What is true randomness?

It’s a little different to what we think it is

Luke Rabbitte

As almost a third of English words do, “random” stems from Old French. However, the original noun “random” had a meaning closer to “speed” or “impetuosity”. Over time the sense of haste embedded in the word wrought new meanings like …

30 April 2021Leave a commentLuke Rabbitte 30 April 2021
Student Living
03 DEC

Between the lines of Reading Week

In the world of online learning, is Reading Week still relevant?

Luke Rabbitte

With the term breezing by in a confusing cloud of assignments, apathy, and awkward online silences, we have, apparently, already arrived at Reading Week. In previous years, the start of Reading Week has been a date emblazoned on the minds …

3 December 2020Leave a commentLuke Rabbitte 3 December 2020

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