http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/einstein-philscience/ But for all that Einstein's faith in simplicity was strong, he despaired of giving a precise, formal characterization of how we assess the simplicity of a theory. In 1946…
To those that didnt notice. I started writing an esperanto blog, here.
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/07/alt-text-olympics-genetic-engineering An interesting proposal to fix the unfair genetic advantage that some people have over other people in the olympics (or any competition at all). He proposes: “To begin with,…
I just wanted to do a quick study using Wikipedia. Well, that didnt happen. On the other hand, now i learned alot about nuclear power. Starting with 1 tab open,…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openness_to_experience Lots of interesting correlations! “Intelligence and knowledge Openness correlates with intelligence, correlation coefficients ranging from about r = .30 to r = .45.[11] Openness is moderately associated with crystallized…
http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2012/07/genome-sequencing-of-human-sperm.html The entire genomes of 91 human sperm from one man have been sequenced by Stanford University researchers. The results provide a fascinating glimpse into naturally occurring genetic variation…
Official loation. Download mirror: Copyright and Innovation The Untold Story It reads like a series of cases studies of how horribly the current legislation is being abused. …
He is a pretty cool guy himself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Graham-Cumming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage “In 1838, Babbage invented the pilot (also called a cow-catcher), the metal frame attached to the front of locomotives…
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/07/comments-on-internet-publications-what-to-do/ Pretty interesting. My aims are the same. Perhaps i shud just disable comments, as 99% of comments sent to moderation are spam comments.
This book was mediocre. I read it for two reasons. I have been considering what short introduction book is the best to give people who say that they want to…