Sometimes you should speak up with an unpopular view
Every year I try to read a set number of books (30 this year). I've been decreasing the number over the years because blogs and academic articles have become so…
Book review: The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect (Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie)
Pearl, J., & Mackenzie, D. (2018). The book of why: the new science of cause and effect. Basic Books. This is an interesting but annoying book. The basic pattern of…
Empirical math, or how experiments can increase our confidence in mathematical conclusions despite access to formal proofs
Earlier posts: Something about certainty, proofs in math, induction/abduction, Is the summed cubes equal to the squared sum of counting integer series? The things I'm going to say for math…
Review of Expert Political Judgement (Philip E. Tetlock)
[Philip_E._Tetlock]_Expert_Political_Judgment_How(Bookos.org) Very interesting book! ---- Game Theorists. The rivalry between Sherlock Holmes and the evil genius Professor Moriarty illustrates how indeterminacy can arise as a natural by-product of rational agents…
Review: The Signal and the Noise
The Signal and the Noise Why So Many Predictions Fail - but Some Don’t Nate Silver 544p It is a pretty interesting book especially becus it covers some areas…
Review: Beyond the Hoax: Science and Culture (Alan Sokal)
beyond the hoax - alan sokal Much of the material is the same as in Sokal and Bricmont's earlier book. But there is some new material as well. I especially…
Conversation with Miao about guidance, selection of students, epistemology of getting rid of bad meme complexes
[11:22:42] The Midget - Miao: Who the fuck is Isstsidwmnh? [11:23:09] The Midget - Miao: [05:52:19] Isstsidwmnh: We have no capacity to falsify the existence of reality. That does not…
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.…
Incomplete formal proof that the KK-principle is wrong
(KK)If one knows that p, then one knows that one knows that p. Definitions A0is the proposition that 1+1=2. A1is the proposition that Emil knows that 1+1=2. A2is the proposition…
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