May 7, 2006 at 2:55 am (Mathematics)
Abstract
This essay discusses the best current understanding of the relationship between mathematical and empirical knowledge. It focuses on two questions:
May 5, 2006 at 11:27 am (Fun)
Harry G Frankfurt, On bullshit: “Bullshit is unavoidable whenever circumstances require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about.”
May 5, 2006 at 9:16 am (Science)
Scientists do not completely understand how memory is stored in the human brain. Some researchers believe that short-term and long-term memories reside in separate regions of the brain. In this August 1997 Scientific American article, staff writer Tim Beardsley summarizes the results of studies that have sought to discover which areas of the brain are involved in short-term memory and how that memory is organized.
