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"You laugh at iterative statistical curve fitting, but it might not be too long before iterative statistical curve fitting is laughing at you"

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2018-09-06

Powerful proof techniques

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2018-08-29

Review: Enlightenment Now (Steven Pinker)

Book: Enlightenment Now, by Steven Pinker (2018) 5.0k words (≈17 minutes) Enlightenment Now makes a convincing case that the state o...

2018-06-28

Review: The Baroque Cycle (Neal Stephenson)

Books: Quicksilver , by Neal Stephenson (2003). The Confusion , by Neal Stephenson (2004). The System of the World , by Neal Stephenson (20...

2018-06-15

Review: The Internationalists (Oona A. Hathaway, Scott J. Shapiro)

Book: The Internationalists , by Oona A. Hathaway and Scott J. Shapiro (2017). 3.2k words (≈ 11 minutes) Today war is not only rar...

2018-05-21

Review: Permutation City (Greg Egan)

Book: Permutation City, by Greg Egan (1979). 2.2k words (≈ 8 minutes) One way to classify science fiction works is by the scope of the sp...

2018-04-22

Review: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Douglas Hofstadter)

Last updated 2018/05/16 with clarifications to the incompleteness proof and links to resources on formal systems. Book: Gödel, Escher, Ba...

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