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Archives for November 2016
When Logic Only Comes from Extremists, Expect Bad Things to Happen
Liberals are the reason Trump is our next president. Some of that was racism and…
U.S. Manufacturing is as Strong as Ever: We Just Need Way Fewer People to Do It
Although we frequently hear claims that the US manufacturing sector is dying or…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 55
This week’s topics: Biowarfare defenses, AI advances, mergers and acquisitions,…
A Merged Pothole Model of Consciousness
I was just listening to a Sam Harris podcast on AI and had an interesting idea…
An IoT Definition Based on Computer / Functionality Transition
I like looking for great definitions for concepts that people have a lot of confusion…
My Analysis of the Philosophy in Westworld
I think Westworld is fantastic. It’s fundamentally about the center of meaning.…
Predicting Possible Trump Administration Outcomes
As we just learned from this election, it’s hard to predict things with…
Mangling the Evolution Arguments
Now let’s talk evolution. The issue is this: Darwinism has been set up as…
Four Thoughts on Making Good Metrics
I was just asked to give some insight on metrics and came up with these four observations.…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 54
Topics: Britain’s new surveillance law, CRISPR biotech, the Army’s…
Expect Musical Chairs in Trump’s Cabinet
This seems like a prediction that’s too easy to make, but I just realized…
Visualizing Cognitive Biases
This is easily the best visualization of cognitive biases I’ve ever seen,…
Inbound Filtering as an ISP Defense Against IoT Attacks
You’re not supposed to host services on consumer internet connections, but…
Defining my Passion
I realized the other day the core structure of what I enjoy about pursuing an…
People are More Creative When Thinking Abstractly
Recent research reveals that people are more capable of mental novelty when thinking…
Hillary Clinton as a Faustian Case in Point
Like many others I’ve been trying to extract lessons from November 8th.…
The Only Way to Fix MailChimp Formatting Issues
I spent a lot of time on the phone with MailChimp support this evening trying…
Seeing the Election as a Rejection of Change
As the initial shock is wearing off (or at least changing) I am starting to think…
Examples of Design vs. Evolution Thinking in Various Industries
I wrote recently about Design vs. Evolution based thinking. In that piece I outlined…
Getting Visual XML Output from nmap
We all love nmap. Despite the entry and rise of many other scanners, nmap is always…
My Attempt to Explain Why People Voted for Trump
Let me start by saying that this is going to be an empathic exploration. I didn’t…
Rhetoric as an Epigenetic Belief Activator
In biology there’s a concept called Epigenetics, which basically says that…
A Collection of Initial Thoughts on Trump Winning
This is a scratchpad for my current thoughts. This is why you don't build…
The Best Christians are Extremists
And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter…