Ad absurdum
Less is more… …but nothing isn’t everything.
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Driverless Christmas
Despite my silence for the last few of weeks, rest assured that I have not been asleep at the wheel… Greetings First off, Merry –… Read More »Driverless Christmas
The Great Rodent Driving Experiment; or, Maserati
Attentive readers of the article I shared yesterday will have noticed Ted Chiang’s mention of a 2019 experiment in which “researchers taught rats how to… Read More »The Great Rodent Driving Experiment; or, Maserati
James Yorke: fifty years of chaos (theory)
Almost fifty years ago, when my student T. Y. Li and I wrote a math paper titled “Period 3 Implies Chaos”, I could not predict… Read More »James Yorke: fifty years of chaos (theory)
Things to maintain; or, Why there is dust on the banister
House Car Garden Body Mind Balance Soul Marriage Sense of humour Bicycles Sharp edges Affection Faith Friendships Shoes Suppleness Curiosity Skills Hair Blog A healthy… Read More »Things to maintain; or, Why there is dust on the banister
Lady luck…
… won’t get out of bed until you do.
Monkeyminds; or, Fiddlesticks
… and so it seems to me that in this most twenty-first of centuries we live our lives in a state of unending distraction. The… Read More »Monkeyminds; or, Fiddlesticks
Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories
Less then five minutes long. Entertaining and true. (His Slaughtehouse-Five is the only successful anti-war novel I’ve read).
New Year’s Revolution; or, Wot No Retrospective?
When we are young we busy ourselves in forming schemes for succeeding time, and miss the gratifications that are before us; when we are old… Read More »New Year’s Revolution; or, Wot No Retrospective?