Month: June 2007

I used to hate Paris Hilton because I felt she was the embodiment of fame for fame’s sake.  I never bothered seeing The Simple Life because it was advertised as championing the cause of the stupid blonde who was too stupid to know any better. Then she got arrested.  Admittedly, I thought it didn’t deserve…

“Does the word ‘selection’ in Natural Selection imply a conscious agent?” Don’t be silly. Natural Selection is named that to contrast with Artificial Selection, which has gone on since agriculture developed or since the first tamed animals (whichever came first). So when I drive down my road and I run over a cute bunny, is…

This post made me think a bit about the Newcomb paradox. Newcomb’s paradox is basically a prisoner’s dilemma with a sci fi twist. The neat version: You’re in a room with two boxes. Box A contains $1,000, box B could either contain $1,000,000 or nothing. The person who put the money in the boxes is…

While you’re waiting for me to figure out how MySQL databases work, I’ve decided to devote a half-hour daily to blog posting. The reason I’d refrained from doing as such is that 1. you’re the only person reading this (this is true even if I read it to myself later. After all: how can I…