Posts tagged 'logic'

The mathematics of fantasy

20070302Fri

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I was excited by learning inductive logic for the first time. Given the details of a certain situation, what can be induced to apply to any subsequent instance? While this may pertain to a discrete reality, I’ve recently come to believe that this process is the core of fantasy, as well.

The curiosity of fanatic Atheism

20061218Mon

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Richard Dawkins’ book “The God Delusion” is setting the fires of controversy wherever it’s even talked about. Why on earth would I want to set that fire myself? Don’t I have any sense?!

I will make it legal

20061027Fri

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The legalization of marijuana is on the ballot in Nevada, stirring up the amount of controversary expected from a state whose biggest export is nothing because what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. However, U.S. Drug Czar John Waters recently broke a Nevada law (which are hard to find) by actively campaigning against the dreaded Question 7.

Zen Booleanism

20060721Fri

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Logic has come a long way since the time of Aristotle. While my mind is continually blown at the fact that some dude in a chlamys sat down one day and “invented” logic, I am not alone in questioning his stubborn assertion that every statement is either true or false.