Ebook: Graham Priest – Introduction to non-classical logic
I had been looking for this book for a long time. Finally found it. An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic From If to Is The book is extremely dry and boring…
Regarding ‘black studies’ and the academic left’s crazy political correctness
Just a collection of links. She was right about black studies. http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/the-most-persuasive-case-for-eliminating-black-studies-just-read-the-dissertations/46346 Her point holds for feminism as well. http://richarddawkins.net/articles/823 Follow-up from the writer: http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/black-studies-part-2-a-response-to-critics/46401 She gets fired: http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/a-note-to-readers/46608 Comments…
Thoughts re. Relativity, a very short introduction (Russell Stannard)
Relativity - A Very Short Introduction The idea of reality being four-dimensional is strange and counter-intuitive. Even Einstein himself at first had difficulty accepting Minkowski’s suggestion – though later he…
Fallibilism and noncontingent propositions, how to mix?
For years i had been bothered about how to more precisely formulate my ideas about fallibilism and make them consistent with the existence of noncontingent propositions. The question was: if…
Review of The Case for Copyright Reform
http://falkvinge.net/2012/04/24/book-release-the-case-for-copyright-reform/ When i first saw this book, i checked the references section at the end of the book, and they seemed rather light. So, i concluded that it was a…
Its puny time
(Tulimafat is telling jokes) [06:12:32] Tulimafat:Caught watching porn? Now it's a family movie. [06:13:06] Emil - Deleet: it was before too! - Do you litter? No, I hate the metric…
Thoughts about polymathy
Case in point, i'm taking a break from my reading of an introduction to relativity theory to write this post. I wrote this in a hurry becus i felt in…
Thoughts re. A very short introduction to The Elements (Philip Ball)
What this really means is that the classical elements are familiar representatives of the different physical states that matter can adopt. Earth represents not just soil or rock, but all…
Re. Thinking in foreign language makes decisions more rational (Ars Technica)
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/04/thinking-in-foreign-language-makes-decisions-more-rational.ars This surely sounds like one of those dubious psychology experiments. U know the type, the type with a single or perhaps two small experiments that were slightly below p<0.05…
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