https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/Recent content on ScratchpadHugoenFri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/okuma-yetisi-okumus-kimligi/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/okuma-yetisi-okumus-kimligi/On the gap between reading as a verb and being well-read as an identity — and how calcified patterns short-circuit the reading of texts, events, and situations alike.https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/cevap-sosyal-bilimler-mi/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/cevap-sosyal-bilimler-mi/Populist waves have been recurring for a hundred and fifty years, and each time we reach for a single person to blame. Where does this reflex come from — and where does taking it seriously lead?https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/living-on-earth/Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/living-on-earth/Peter Godfrey-Smith&rsquo;s <em>Living on Earth</em> — a book that reads life not as evolution&rsquo;s passive product but as an active cause shaping the planet.https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/bir-katman-daha/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/bir-katman-daha/Godfrey-Smith&rsquo;s <em>Living on Earth</em> triggered a thought: are being an evolutionary creature and carrying conscious responsibility two layers of the same whole? And might moral diversity function like genetic diversity?https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/merhaba-dunya/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/merhaba-dunya/First post — blog is up, system is alive. What comes next: notes, thoughts, drafts.https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/about/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/about/<h2 id="why-i-write-here" class="relative group">Why I write here <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100"><a class="group-hover:text-primary-300 dark:group-hover:text-neutral-700" style="text-decoration-line: none !important;" href="#why-i-write-here" aria-label="Anchor">#</a></span></h2><p>To learn. And to share what I learn.</p> <p>About fifteen years ago my first blog was called <strong>compbio scratchpad</strong> — back then I wrote about my own process of learning computational biology. It turned out to help friends around me, and beyond that, trying to explain something in my own words helped me too. A win-win — and it still makes me happy.</p>https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/books/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/books/