There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself. — Herman Melville
They say seeing is believing but the opposite is true. Believing is seeing.
— Errol Morris
Consider the following short story:
For most of us these words are familiar enough that the intuitive self processes them involuntarily, which means we can’t choose whether to experience the unpleasant imagery that follows. Encountering the idea of bananas…
“Money is a formal token of delayed reciprocal altruism.”
— Richard Dawkins
A periodically updated list of essays, posts and arguments that form a good early foundation for…
In recent months there has been a surge of interest in cryptocurrency and in particular a wave of interest in the panoply of altcoins that have been (and are being) built on Blockchain technology. I’m known to be a crypto enthusiast among my friends so many of them…
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The intuitive self is by nature more a storyteller than a mathematician. We are quick to…
