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Puzzle – Principia Analogica
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August 27, 2010. In a certain library, no two books contain the same number of words, and the total number of books is greater than number of words in the largest book. How many words does one of the books contain, and what is it about? This entry was posted in coolstuff. Thinking, part 2 →. 2 thoughts on “ Puzzle. September 1, 2010 at 04:37. Wah re Astronomer….nice one… wah! September 3, 2010 at 00:04. Obviously, one of the books has to have no words, and is therefore about nothing.
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August 2010 – Principia Analogica
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August 27, 2010. In a certain library, no two books contain the same number of words, and the total number of books is greater than number of words in the largest book. How many words does one of the books contain, and what is it about? August 24, 2010. What does it mean to. First, a bit of motivation:. Is it possible to think without words? If I didn’t know any language, will I be able to think? Related to above, can I turn the “loud voice” off while thinking? Going a step further, sometimes, even when I.
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My Book Club | Nandita's Blog
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It's no more a secret. In Conversation with Self. By the way Fountainhead is an amazing book, so if you get a chance go ahead and read it. And if you have read it once, go back and reread it. Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book. Looking forward to hear from you all about what you read recently. 9 comments on “ My Book Club. October 9, 2011. 64; 2:27 PM. August 18, 2010. 64; 3:41 AM. So when are you doing a book review on Fountainhead? August 18, 2010. I had ne...
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October 2010 – Principia Analogica
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October 19, 2010. Let’s imagine a game between two people. They predict the outcome of an unbiased coin toss, and whoever is right, wins. For the sake of keeping it interesting, we will restrict the choices to be different (i.e., there is only one winner). It is obvious that the winning probability of any of the players is equal to 0.5. Now, either of the players can win, or maybe no one wins. For example, if player. And the coin tosses result in. It is easy to see that the only way that. Looking at the ...
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June 2010 – Principia Analogica
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June 1, 2010. Not much to say, but I read a really interesting blog post. If you want to know more about Turing, you can read the Wikipedia link in the post referred to. There is a BBC documentary called Dangerous Knowledge. Which is very interesting—it talks about Candor, Boltzmann, and Turing. I liked the documentary very much, for its historical and narrative value. You can watch the documentary online. Part 1. Alok on Thinking about thinking. On Thinking about thinking. On Thinking about thinking.
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December 2010 – Principia Analogica
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December 2, 2010. Coin tosses, part 2. This is a continuation of my previous post about coin tosses. I talked about the counterintuitive result that for sequences of three or more tosses, whatever. Can choose a sequence that will beat it. Turns out that there are more surprises in this simple ‘game’. For two sequences. Where the length of the sequences is at least 4, it can happen that the expected wait time of arrival of. Is greater than that of. Is greater than the probability of. As an example, let.
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Coin tosses, part 2 – Principia Analogica
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December 2, 2010. Coin tosses, part 2. This is a continuation of my previous post about coin tosses. I talked about the counterintuitive result that for sequences of three or more tosses, whatever. Can choose a sequence that will beat it. Turns out that there are more surprises in this simple ‘game’. For two sequences. Where the length of the sequences is at least 4, it can happen that the expected wait time of arrival of. Is greater than that of. Is greater than the probability of. As an example, let.
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Frustration – Principia Analogica
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August 14, 2010. Even with overwhelming support from almost everyone in favor of live streaming of the trials, it wasn’t allowed to. Then, a group of people decided to re-enact it from the transcripts. And post the videos on Youtube. After watching it for a bit (episode 1, chapter 1) I realized that it was very accessible and non-boring. The result of the case said that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional. More interesting than just the result is the trial itself. Here is how the Economist put it. However...
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September 2010 – Principia Analogica
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September 3, 2010. Thinking, part 2. This is the continuation of my first post about thinking. First, if you have time, you should listen to this podcast from Radiolab. Http:/ feeds.wnyc.org/ r/radiolab/ 5/gXQQiyEyH38/radiolab podcast802word.mp3. Also, read this interesting article on language and thinking. Alok on Thinking about thinking. On Thinking about thinking. On Thinking about thinking. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Blog at WordPress.com.
