A few others on this thread have made comments expressing uneasiness about Cantor's diagonal argument, and I wanted to add my own. (Btw, I've read basic texts on set theory, as well as the original Cantor articles, Hilbert, & various others, so I'm not coming at this completely cold.)
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Boy, have *you* got thin skin.
Absolutely terrific exposition. Kudos.
Yet another fantastic Transformers review from CJA.
I must say, this review's take on T4 reminds me of my own take on "Animal House." There, too, I feel like I'm trapped in a nine-hour car ride with a disintegrating dad, but this time it's a dad who's trying to make jokes the whole way and doesn't notice that he…
The closing sequence of "2001." I've never had much interest in the novel's "explanation" for what's happening here. To me this is the point where the movie cuts free from direct representation of *anything* happening at the level of plot. It's about the aging and senescence of all of human civilization, eons of…
The encounter with the monolith on the moon in "2001." The combination of the desolation of the landscape, the starkness of the lighting in the excavation site, the lack of dialogue as the astronauts silently approach the monolith, the mute opaqueness of the monolith itself — all coupled with the shrieking, howling…
The initial sighting of the alien derelict in the original "Alien." In most SF films, alien vessels look like a human production designer's *idea* of an alien vessel. This one *actually looked like an alien vessel.* It looked like it had been created by beings who inhabited a completely different perceptual…
As soon as I saw the headline, I thought, "Oooh, I hope it's Noether." Et voila!
Great story about your trip to San Francisco. Parents who make the world of artistic production accessible and real like that are doing their kids a great service.
That's sure what it looks like. Notice also that elsewhere in the image in which the island has "appeared," there appears to be a suggestion of more detail visible under the surface of the lake — which suggests a rising and falling surface level.
Time for you to get back on those meds.
Problem is, none of these are very impressive movies. (No, not even Ghostbusters.)
One image you fleetingly see in the trailer — of Whitehead slowly staggering from the tent, tied to a rope, with a mad smile — is an absolutely uncannily hair-raising shot.
1.56. Rotters of the world, unite!
I am very amused by how surprised the archeologist appears to be (at least in the above passage) by the diversity of musical selections found at the commune. Even though he seems to want to dispel stereotypes about communes, he *writes* as though he himself has exactly zero firsthand or even secondhand knowledge of…
Want to give a shout-out to James Edward Oberg's book on terraforming from the early '80s, "New Earths." Really fun read and groovy graphics to boot.
Any plans for an Apple version of any sort?
Socialism is not "state management of the economy." It's public or collective ownership and management of the economy, which can tale any number of forms, including, but not restricted to, state management, collectively owned cooperatives, workers' councils, common ownership or equity, or the social-democracy welfare…
Socialism is not "state management of the economy." It's public or collective ownership and management of the economy, which can tale any number of forms, including (but not restricted to) state management, collectively owned cooperatives, workers' councils, common ownership or equity, or the social-democracy welfare…
Shhhh!