Sunday, September 30, 2012

Understanding Objectivism

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The 2012 edition of Dr. Leonard Peikoff's 1983 lecture series, edited by Dr. Michael S. Berliner, does not so much explain Objectivism ...
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Monday, September 24, 2012

Documentation is Specification

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Good software design begins with documentation.  Write the user manual first.  The design documents specify the desired outputs, and the inp...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012

The Simple Origins of Complexities

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A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram (Wolfram Media 2002).. “Three centuries ago science was transformed by the dramatic new idea ...
Monday, September 17, 2012

SLOW DOWN AND THINK

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Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux; 2011) Humans generally have two modes of perception.   System ...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

ELI THE ICE MAN: Science and Technology

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In this Presidential election year, the major party candidates drop hints about creating jobs by fostering technology and innovation.   Soc...
Sunday, September 2, 2012

Coins Without Realms

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Hayek suggested an end to monopoly banking and an open market in monetary media.  The national governments of the world did not take his ad...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Is Physics a Science?

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In sociology, students at all levels are presented with some discussion about whether and how sociology is a science. Physics – especially ...
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Friday, August 24, 2012

Around Austin - Dressed for Encounters

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My branch library (Little Walnut Creek) was closed for renovations, so my request for The Education of Henry Adams was sent the next-near...