Monthly Archives: July 2005

Statistics

Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2005 by admin

Our perceptions reflect reality insofar is it not doing so would have been deleterous. But the way we accept reality is often wrong. Statistics -with correct understanding- is a way to brint it all down and let us say “wait … Continue reading →

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Declining Rate of Technological Innovation?

Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 by admin

Okay, so this guy that’s a psychiatrist for the pentagon says that if you plot important technological innovation against population, it peaks in 1873 and goes downhill from there. This isn’t too surprising if it’s true (though I question what … Continue reading →

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RIP, John Benson

Posted on Monday, July 18, 2005 by admin

John Benson died. I used to make fun of him behind his back for sitting with his mouth open like a hick and for being fat. I’m a jerk.

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Dream

Posted on Monday, July 18, 2005 by admin

If you complain to a teenager that your hand hurts from opening mustard jars, they will have sympathy. If you complain to a teenager that you are out of salad, they will give you acne treatment stories -From a dream … Continue reading →

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Japan Trip Wrap-up

Posted on Monday, July 4, 2005 by admin

Here’s a brief, cryptic travel log of my trip to Japan. Odin’s Day, 22nd I leave from LAX. Long flight. Hot Japanese stewardess. Sat next to a Nepalese cruise ship security personnel on the right and an old, Texan doctor … Continue reading →

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