I believe in mathematical free will. I believe reality is a mathematical number that preexists and can never die. If we call a “will” the function of selecting among various options, and “free will” as free from both causality (where the next instant is dependent on the previous instant) and randomness (where the next instant … [Read more…]
For Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) I use the Path Finder app instead of the default OS X Finder, and I never use the Trash icon on the Dock either, so I wrote this AppleScript to hide those icons and leave only what I use. Get it here: hide-finder-trash-dock-icons Hope it helps! Cheers! Jesse
All a priori axioms are just like all axioms in math: arbitrary but assumed to be true, from which bigger systems can be crafted. The nail in the coffin for me against libertarian philosophy was the deep realization that individual-human-body free will does not exist. Humans are not separate from the rest of nature, and … [Read more…]
My new fossil case. Clockwise: USA quarter (~44 years ago) Fossilized plant (~450 million years ago) Triceratops fossil (~67mya) Meteorite from the asteroid belt (~4500mya) Megalodon shark tooth, biggest sea predator ever (~8mya) Brachiopod fossil (~400mya) Man-made 2 ounce copper sphere (~5 years ago) Trilobite fossil (~500mya) Fossilized ancient turtle bone (~200mya) Fossilized Knightia eocaena … [Read more…]