"Theoretical Democratix" - 5 new articles
Comfort KillsMy uncle is dying. In less than a month, he would probably be gone. The doctors say he’s dying from cancer. But, in truth, is he’s dying from fear and superstition.
It was almost two years ago that he was diagnosed with kidney cancer. A low-danger tumor. He was invited to schedule an operation. A simple [...] Mascagni’s widowFor his 30th birthday, Pietro Mascagni bought himself a girl. It was 4 years since the premiere of his short opera Cavalleira Rusticana, which made him a celebrity by night. He was now director of the Scuola Musicale Romana, in Rome, and his status at the high society in Rome demanded something more presentable than a [...] Waste my blogBoth avid readers of my blog have surely noticed that I have been silent for a long time. I have been building a home, and have moved. You are most welcome to visit. And I need some net help.
When we built the house, we put the local soil (which we dug to build the house) [...] Some good takes on the baking catastropheAlthough they were posted nearly a year ago, they are just getting more and more relevant.
Welcome Bird and Fortune – SubPrime Crisis:
And – Bird and Fortune – Financial adviser:
Both are great. And, unfortunately, very true.
If you want a mathematician’s take on these matters, better look at Mark’s blog:
Mortgage basics 1
Mortgage basics 2
How disaster [...] A philosophy-of-science proof of the afterlifeMatt Springer has a nice (and very confused) take on the problem of scientific proof. Following him I have devised this amazing scientific proof to the existence of an afterlife:
There are two possibilities:
Proposition 1: There is no after-life. I do not exist after my death.
Proposition 2: There is an after-life. I would still [...] More Recent Articles |
