I came across an interesting view, that sustainable farming is an oxymoron, impossible by definition. Let's look at the argument, here's the relevant portion but you can view the full post here : My only quibble: "sustainable farming" is as much as bu… Read more

You wake up every morning and your brain and body are not the same as they were the night before. You have some new connections in your brain, while some old connections have been broken. Every cell in your body has undergone changes, some cells have divided, others ha… Read more

In part 1, I argued that taking your own existence as a datum is coherent and, at least in some situations, necessary. To show that, I gave a simple barebones example of Dr. Killian, who flips a coin and, if it lands tails, kills you in your sleep. If you then wake up … Read more

There's a secret calculus teachers don't want you to know: derivative is just a fancy word for how steep a curve is. How do we measure this steepness? These animations will show you.  Straight line Quadratic General Read more

There are some fun and tricky puzzles with probability, like the famous Monty Hall problem, where sometimes even professional mathematicians get confused. But there is one easy "hack" to quickly solving even the most bizarre such conundrums, the ensemble tech… Read more