Monthly Archives: January 2009

An Occasional Will to Stupidity

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Strange Loops

“Once the decision has been made, close your ear even to the best counter argument: sign of a strong character. Thus an occasional will to stupidity.” –Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil We live in a world of many choices: … Continue reading →

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Consciousness and Branes

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Strange Loops

Since Einstein’s work on relativity, we have come to think of our universe not simply as involving three spatial dimensions and one time dimension, but rather as a four-dimensional entirety, labeled space-time. Roughly speaking, instead of thinking there are different … Continue reading →

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Personal Genomics

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Strange Loops

Stephen Pinker has a pretty decent article up in the New York Times called My Genome, My Self about the topic of personal genomics, i.e. getting your DNA analyzed to discover your own ‘genetic code’. For example, having a certain … Continue reading →

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