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…
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…
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 and thoughts: Deliberative Democracy and Political Ignorance (Ilya Somin)
Very interesting two papers by Somin! I will definitely check out his other stuff when i have time. I just took the time off reading papers before i start reading…
Quotes and comments: Knowledge about ignorance: New directions in the study of political information (Ilya Somin)
Knowledge About Ignorance New Directions in the Study of Political Information Quotes from If political ignorance is rational and most voters choose not to learn much about politics for…
Some quotes from Giving Debiasing Away: Can Psychological Research on Correcting Cognitive Errors Promote Human Welfare? (Scott O. Lilienfeld, Rachel Ammirati, and Kristin Landfield)
Some quotes from Giving Debiasing Away: Can Psychological Research on Correcting Cognitive Errors Promote Human Welfare? by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Rachel Ammirati, and Kristin Landfield. I was happy to learn…
Various quotes and comments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inalienable_possession In linguistics, inalienable possession refers to the linguistic properties of certain nouns or nominal morphemes based on the their always being possessed. The semantic underpinning is that entities like…
Review of and thoughs about “Fooled by Randomness” (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
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…
Einstein on operationally defining and measuring simplicity
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/einstein-philscience/ But for all that Einstein's faith in simplicity was strong, he despaired of giving a precise, formal characterization of how we assess the simplicity of a theory. In 1946…
John Graham-Cunning on Charlges Babbage’s machines, and other things
He is a pretty cool guy himself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Graham-Cumming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage “In 1838, Babbage invented the pilot (also called a cow-catcher), the metal frame attached to the front of locomotives…
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