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Strengths and Weaknesses of Science

http://www.johnpratt.com/items/docs/lds/meridian/2000/science.html

to a full blown mathematical theory which has resulted from analyzing thousands of experiments. One should try for the simplest and most general theory that explains all ofthe obs
Science has both strengths and weaknesses. We should know both.

Four Arguments for Transcendence

https://www.peterkreeft.com/topics-more/4-arguments-transcendence.htm

arguments are neither mathematical nor empirical proofs, therefore they are not scientific; but they are strong phenomenological arguments.  They are clues to follow, evidenc

Our Comrade The Electron - Webstock Conference Talk

https://idlewords.com/talks/our_comrade_the_electron.htm

he had come up with mathematical laws of art. He would do tricks like take the day's stock prices and convert them into a hit song. Gershwin and Glenn Miller, among others, were f

DPGraph News

https://dpgraph.com/new-3d-graphs.html

! Enjoy the dancing mathematical women. 18 Nov 2003: A new update for DPGraph is available. As usual, all DPGraph licensees can update for free . DPGraph now installs under limite

Juergen Schmidhuber's AI Blog

https://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/blog.html

learning. 2003-: mathematically optimal Gödel Machine . 2020-2022: new stuff. 2025: "In-Context Learning" of Large Language Models is a special case of metalearning. ★
'AI Blog of Juergen Schmidhuber'

Why atheism cannot be correct

http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/007280.html

verification” of mathematical truths is simply the placing of mathematical facts before the student, so that he can see them clearly and thus understand and agree with them. Simil
Alan Roebuck’s latest essay for VFR takes the form of an open letter to an atheistic think tank called the...

ARCHIMEDES - GREATEST SCIENTIST EVER?

https://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/archimedes.html

as the father of mathematical physics and engineering, having created many widely used machines and construction principles. No other scientist or inventor has produced as many es

Transreal Books

http://www.transrealbooks.com/#thebigaha

out Dr. Seuss-like mathematical mumbo jumbo along the way. Our hero Bela befriends a giant jellyfish god, wins his true love, and alters reality in a new way. See book's home page

Max Stirner versus Morality: Part I

https://www.arcaneknowledge.org/philtheo/stirner.htm

falsehoods (e.g., our mathematical simplification of physics) that enable us to interact with reality. This would lead Nietzsche to question whether truth should even be considere

John Cocke: A Retrospective by Friends

https://www.iment.com/maida/tv/computer/johncocke.htm

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences         Emeritus Faculty, NYU Media Research Lab (1930-2009) Jack Schwartz's career would put a
John Cocke: A Retrospective by Friendss

Situating Constructionism

http://papert.org/articles/SituatingConstructionism.html

of good scientific and mathematical ideas? Last week, I watched a tape of children from Project Mindstorm at the Gardner Academy in San Jose, CA. A fifth grader who was in his sec

Transreal Books

http://www.transrealbooks.com/#collectedessays

out Dr. Seuss-like mathematical mumbo jumbo along the way. Our hero Bela befriends a giant jellyfish god, wins his true love, and alters reality in a new way. See book's home page


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