Over history, humans have gravitated around three poles, magic, religion, and science. Secretly, all they want is a disguised version of magic.
WEB: I read the physical NYT (first time in years). Was invaded by the philistinism of a world I want to shut myself away from, with articles I did not want to read but, with headlines and photos, forced themselves on me [pictures of politicians, businessmen, or worse, “cultural” matters.] For all its ills, the web, for those who can navigate, can save us from the profane.
But only for those who can navigate it…
A technical paper (epistemology and probability) about the errors in the estimation of the error rate of an error rate of an error rate (and so forth) … FUKUSHIMA (still in DRAFT)
www.fooledbyrandomness.com/errors.pdf
http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/errors.pdf
www.fooledbyrandomness.com
Friends, what should I do about all these “intellectuals” and journalists who write about “The Black Swan” without having read it? It is my duty to randomly expose fraudsters as a deterrent… Anything else?
http://www.thenation.com/article/159728/swans-and-zombies-neoliberalisms-permanent-contradiction
Swans and Zombies: Neoliberalism’s Permanent Contradiction | The Nation
www.thenation.com
Modern capital is in crisis, but neoliberalism, which redistributes wealth upward, keeps the zombie shambling forward, hungry and blindly grasping.
The ultimate luxury is to never be in the same physical space with people you don’t like.
(Commentary. 1) We are still extremely ill-adapted to disliking someone without attempting to kill him and harm ourselves …; 2) Idiots get wealthy but then start multiplying these frustrations (idea: neither master nor slave), 3) A benefit of technology: it allows me to put on autodelete all mail from irritants