Something about certainty, proofs in math, induction/abduction
This conversation followed me posting the post just before, and several people bringing up the same proof. Aowpwtomsihermng = Afraid of what people will think of me, so i had…
Some more stuff about KK-principle
The reason to post the other post about the KKp is that i was having a conversation with a friend about it. Turns out he is a supporter of it.…
Education, autodidactism, etc.: Another Wikipedia trip
It began with this conversation with my friend Chad on Skype: [09:54:34] Chad Stearns - Economist: A friend of mine met Aubrey De Grey [09:54:41] Chad Stearns - Economist:…
Funny stuff goes here
[21:13:16] Emil - Deleet: http://www.okcupid.com/profile/itsadeathstar?cf=regular one of those using "curvy" when they shud be using "fat" [21:13:41] The Midget - Miao: She's beyond fat -
Models of the most recent common ancestor
Check out this discussion i had earlier today. most recent common ancestor To sum up. A paper from 2003 proposed a model to calculate how long ago our most recent…
Kennethamy on boring books and learning
piratefish I'm reading Irving Copi's Introduction to Logic, very boring and not that well written, any suggestions? Just a college level book that gives a comprehensive intro to the topic.…
Something about Moore’s ‘paradox’
Wiki. Source. Kennethamy: Well, here is an example: in English we use the terms, "believe" and "know" very differently, from which we can infer that there is a difference between…
The analytic principle of questions
Kennethamy: What is it for something to be logical? So many threads ask whether this or that is logical. Is probability logical? Are moral arguments logical? And so on. I…
Dialogue – Kennethamy and Emil
Kennethamy in response to something about certainty: I did not say there was such a thing as objective certainty. I said objective certainty was what Descartes was aiming at, not…
Sidewalk god…
Emil: There is an infinite number of possible Gods. Without evidence every guess is as good as the others or nearly so. The chance of guessing the right God is…