By admin, on August 19th, 2010%
This post is a response to Vinay Gupta’s call to blog on submissions to The future we deserve.
The following is the contribution from Andy Novocin, my reflections upon it are below:
A systemic revolution, or, the need for a post-scientific approach
I remember learning about the scientific method through an example in a textbook. The example . . . → Read More: The future we deserve blogathon – reflections on “A systemic revolution, or, the need for a post-scientific approach”
By admin, on August 4th, 2010%
If you are in a group of people, and you ask one of them their birthday, you can be relatively confident that they will not have been born on the same date as you. With 365 days in the year (not counting leap years), even if you were born at a popular time of year, the . . . → Read More: For every coincidence, how many near misses?
By admin, on June 26th, 2010%
The human brain is a wonderful instrument. Despite being ostensibly evolved to deal with a set of tasks that to a very great extent most modern people are in general not called upon to perform, it has excelled it’s design specification with a powerful aplomb, giving us such wonderful insights into pure mathematics, philosophy and music . . . → Read More: The thinker thinks, the prover proves