I was teaching my class right after the first Gulf war started in 1991
and wondering what to say. Sometimes I wish I were a history or
government professor and could bring in current events into my
lectures. But I taught computer science so I mumbled a few words
acknowledging the conflict and went on to talk about NP-completeness
or whatever I was teaching back then.
Now with the second war about to start I am not teaching but am in a
similar position with respect to this weblog. I will not discuss much
about the war in this weblog, there are plenty of other weblogs for that purpose. I will
instead keep this weblog going as usual to keep a sense of normalcy and
because science, in its pure form, does not depend on the political
events of the world.