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Posts tagged “logic”

Logical Fallacies

Logical Fallacies October 24th, 2013 @ 6:25 am PDT

Thou Shalt Not Commit Logical Fallacies

Los Angeles

Don’t Merge Until You See the Whites of Their Eyes October 15th, 2013 @ 6:11 am PDT

How Traffic Actually Works

The Scarlet M

The Scarlet M January 22nd, 2013 @ 9:14 am PST

I’ve been thinking lately that there should be some way to flag others on Facebook to remind yourself to ignore them. Of course you can unfriend people; I’m not talking about that. I’m primarily talking about friends of friends. I kind of like the idea of a scarlet M, for moron. Frequently I’ll read a […]

Fortune’s Formula

Fortune’s Formula April 2nd, 2007 @ 5:47 am PDT

I am not even 100 pages into my latest William Poundstone book and I already know it’s going to be a favorite. Fortune’s Formula, The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street is the fourth Poundstone book I’ve read. The man is a genius of a writer. Labyrinths […]

In Theory

In Theory August 13th, 2001 @ 12:01 pm PDT

You really should read Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by the late, great Douglas Adams. There’s a bit in there about Schrödinger’s cat that started me tumbling down a long road (many, many years ago) of trying to learn everything I could about physics, metaphysics, philosophy, blah blah blah. (Try to find a copy of […]

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Philosophy Exam March 26th, 2001 @ 12:33 am PST

This is a take-home exam from a Philosophy class I took in my 2nd year of college.

Game Theory

Game Theory January 9th, 2001 @ 12:55 pm PST

The bonus question @ sylloge.com is: “Does anyone know if there are an infinite number of chess games? If not, what the limit is?” The answers are “no” and “I couldn’t tell you off the top of my head, but I suspect it’s a great big number”. This is a topic tackled in Prisoner’s Dilemma […]

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