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…
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…
[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…
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…
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…
[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…
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…
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.…
(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…
In general, this book is full of repetitions, and so it can easily get boring to read. The book shud have been 50-100 pages shorter, then it wud have been…