Monday, October 20, 2025

We Make Numbers From Shapes: Hints from Neurology

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As a standard disclaimer, I am not a mathematician, and you should take these as observations rather than arguments. (For example, the amou...
Friday, October 3, 2025

Trump is Our First Barracks Emperor: America's Crisis of the Third Century

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States pass through lifecycles of 200 to 250 years. If this statement is true, then to isolate the process from other variables we should l...
Sunday, May 18, 2025

Protect Your Slack, Delay Moloch: Why You SHOULD Defend Yourself With Artificial Rents

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Inspired by Behold the Pale Child at Secretorum : "the arc of the universe is long, but it bends towards Bakkalon." (or Moloch. ...
Monday, May 12, 2025

On the Good of Young Men Having Their Asses Kicked

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I recently visited a martial arts school for kids, and was immediately impressed by - something. It took me a minute to put my finger on wh...
Monday, February 17, 2025

Integers Are a Useful Fiction, But Math Is Real

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Integers have no existence independent of our brains; they are a useful fiction humans have developed, extending on how our nervous system o...
Monday, February 3, 2025

Is There Such a Thing as Color Harmony?

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Some colors seem to go together; others do not. The same goes, even more strongly, for notes. Some form pleasant harmonies, and others ...

Dimensions of Art

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Above: a catalog of scents from the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents in Berkeley, California, USA. Sometimes, innovations in art oc...