This present time, this present year, is the best to inhabit. For it is the journey, not the destination, which is everlasting. At every point in time there will be something you are looking forward to, whether it be technology, a relationship, or what have you. No matter how distant in the future you travel, … [Read more…]
This is a conversation between a friend and me on Facebook. “There is no ‘later’ that exists anywhere but in the human imagination.” — initial post (Josh, friend) This is so true. The subconsciousness only deals in present absolute terms and is irrational too. (Jesse) Not sure what you mean … [Read more…]
Say you read something, and it changes your neural structure. Then you write it down on a sheet of paper, extending your memory to the environment. When you read it again, at what point is the human cognition not simply the production of the thing inside a skull, but also the paper? Where is your … [Read more…]
“In traditional classrooms, students complete a lesson and move on to the next when it is time for the whole class to do so, regardless of whether they have mastered it or they are already well ahead. Here each student worked at her or his own pace, taking as much or little time as necessary … [Read more…]
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…]
Pachycephalosaurus vs Man in Jeep Ian Malcolm and Window vs Velociraptor
Lucid dreaming is where you realize in your dream that you’re dreaming. Anything that you can normally do in dreams, such as fly or shoot fireballs, you can do in a lucid dream, but you are an active participant deciding what to do. The best thing you can do is to start a dream journal, … [Read more…]