#history of science & technology
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Love, Math & Witchcraft: How Roasting Psychoanalysis Came Back to Bite Richard Feynman
The further we zoom in on Mother Nature, the clearer it becomes that, at its most fundamental level, science resembles ‘witch-doctoring’ more than anything else.
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Non-Commutative Reading Order : When Books Speak to Each Other Across Time
It’s fascinating how books aren’t mere repositories of information. That the order in which you encounter them actually dictates how your understanding evolves.
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Quarks, Gluons & Jabberwocks : On Aptonyms and Nonce Words
It’s a very human tendency to conflate representations with reality. We are, after all, symbol-processing machines.
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The Enemy Within
The nazis couldn’t resist the urge to separate themselves from non-arian elements, just as the post-war US establishment couldn’t resist the temptation to go witch-hunting communists. What causes this type of psycho-political auto immune disorder?
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The ‘A’ in AI
Artificial or Augmented, which team do you root for?
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Things I Didn’t Know About Quantum Entanglement
I’ve gained a valuable insight into how humanity’s collective understanding of this enigmatic field has evolved over time. I feel that goes a long way.