Eleanor: Kierkegaard, baby! Leap of faith. Michael: It’s better translated as a “leap into faith.” —The Good Place, Season 2, Episode 9 I believe in belief. What does that mean? It’s very simple, really, and quite complicated at the same …
I believe in belief. A full essay on that particular statement I will save for a future blog entry. For the moment, suffice it to say that I believe that belief itself is a critical aspect of reality — perhaps …
Perhaps, like me, you were a fan of Robert Heinlein’s awesome works of science fiction. During my Heinlein hey-day, I was compelled to read everything I could find written by him. Heinlein was one of many binge-reading authors who spoke …
The idea of technology-based telepathy has been around for a long time. Ever since the first written language, we have developed technology that allows for the expression of thoughts without the need to vocalize them. We started transmitting thoughts silently …
Before reading, note that the topic of solipsism is discussed somewhat in earnest herein. A bit of rambling should therefore be expected. I suffer from aspirational polymathism. It is a disease that has plagued me since my earliest memories. As …
With a wink at Jane Austen, the world seems to have grown rather enamored with Artificial Intelligence recently. That’s not to say that AI hasn’t been a pop-culture archetype since I can remember. In terms of actual software and solutions, …
Do you know the Edge? It’s one of those web sites I read periodically…a place to seek out new ideas, emerging memes, and interesting discussions. Founded in 1995, they got traction a couple of years later, so this year (2017) …
Though I have loved math since childhood, I am not a mathematician. But I love studying math. And sometimes I find myself exploring numbers just for the fun of it, especially when I’ve been using RStudio or Octave for a …
In November of last year I conducted a simple experiment, wondering if activity level on github could be a predictive factor in open source framework adoption. So I grabbed data from github APIs from several large organizations and played with …
I attended a live broadcast of a recent Google I/O Conference here in Utah — akin to a Super Bowl Party for geeks — and I came to a minor epiphany. My hope in going was to learn a bit …