A small thing about enumerative induction #2
A followup to yesterday (?)'s post. I had an idea about how to be able to recognize the normal inference, but avoiding recognizing the other one if one so wants…
Pun #398284
[13:17:11] Emil - Deleet: http://emilkirkegaard.dk/clusterwiki [13:32:05] Emil - Deleet: wikipedia [13:32:07] Emil - Deleet: is a gold mine [13:32:09] Emil - Deleet: for data mining [13:32:26] Emil - Deleet: one…
A small thing about enumerative induction
A thing occurred to me while i was reviewing the idea of enumerative induction becus i mentioned it to a friend of mine. The thing is that such inductions are…
If u can read this, u can read anything…
Remember those films where if u can watch them, then u can watch anything? Yea, there is a short story like that: My Immortal. I dare u to read it!…
Asimov, anti-intellectualism (more Wiki quotes)
So, the picture made me go on a Wikipedia reading frency (as it so happens). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism Anti-intellectualism is hostility towards and mistrust of intellect, intellectuals, and intellectual pursuits, usually…
Some quotes from Every Thing Must Go (Ladymann, Ross, and others)
every thing must go Preface This is a polemical book. One of its main contentions is that contemporary analytic metaphysics, a professional activity engaged in by some extremely intelligent…
Wikipedia on contraception, abortion, and everything in between!
I really just was curious to know how whores in older times avoided getting pregnant... but it turned into a longer read. Here are some excerpts. Enjoy :) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_condoms…
Thoughts and comments: Is psychology a science? (Paul Lutus)
http://www.arachnoid.com/psychology/index.html In order to consider whether psychology is a science, we must first define our terms. It is not overarching to say that science is what separates human beings…
Quotes, links, comments 15-08-12
http://torrentfreak.com/google-starts-punishing-pirate-sites-in-search-results-120810/ The beginning of the end of Google? - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120809/09213019977/amazon-stops-processing-payments-crowdfunding-platform-creative-commons-books.shtml This one is a great idea in the pre-copyright reform world. - http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20120728/19122219866/traditional-publisher-ebook-pricing-harming-authors-careers.shtml Yes, for ebooks as well as for…
Thoughts and quotes: Against Intellectual Monopoly (Boldrin & Levine)
Against intellectual Monopoly In general, this is an interesting book about patents. It is at times combatant in its language use, other times more neutral. I think it wud have…