These are my links for January 12th from 14:56 to 17:27: Church’s Thesis and Hume’s Problem.pdf (application/pdf Object) – •Justification = truth-finding performance. •Performance depends on problem complexity. •Formal and empirical complexity are similar. •Computational epistemology is unified •Standard epistemology is divided. •Insistence on division weakens truth-finding performance of effective science. Evidence_&_Uncertainty.pdf (application/pdf Object) – I endorse the view that it may be of no relevance to the acceptability of the Everett interpretation of quantum mechanics as a physical theory whether or not an informed observer can be uncertain about the outcome of a quantum measurement prior to its having […]
Daily Archives: January 12, 2010
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Milwaukee-based videographer/editor/critic Mike Stoklasa produces the most hilarious and insightful reviews of science fiction films I have ever seen. If you have 70 minutes to spare, this review of The Phantom Menace demonstrates his brilliance, both in his criticism and the creepily funny persona he adopts for the reviews. Note: Not Safe for Work.
These are my links for January 12th from 02:43 to 13:18: The Ruse of the Creative Class | The American Prospect – Cities that shelled out big bucks to learn Richard Florida’s prescription for vibrant urbanism are now hearing they may be beyond help. Zombie Economics: Introduction – habits of mind and thought are hard to change, especially when there is no ready-made alternative. The ideas that brought the global financial system to the brink of meltdown, and have already caused thousands of firms to fail and cost millions of workers their jobs, still underlie the thinking of those who […]