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21 March 2025

On Optimization I

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"The real problem is that programmers have spent far too much time worrying about efficiency in the wrong places and at the wrong times...

On Optimization II

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"A model is an imitation of reality and a mathematical model is a particular form of representation. We should never forget this and ge...
07 February 2025

On Entropy: Definitions

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"Just as entropy is a measure of disorganization, the information carried by a set of messages is a measure of organization. In fact, i...
05 February 2025

Out of Context: On Patterns (Definitions)

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"From the smallest scales to the largest, many of nature's patterns are a result of broken symmetry; […]" (Ian Stewart & M...
04 February 2025

Out of Context: On Diagrams (Definitions)

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 "Diagrams are of great utility for illustrating certain questions of vital statistics by conveying ideas on the subject through the ey...

On Diagrams: Definitions

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"A diagram is a representamen [representation] which is predominantly an icon of relations and is aided to be so by conventions. Indice...
20 January 2025

On Chance: Definitions

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"Chance is necessity hidden behind a veil." (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Aphorisms, 1880/1893) "Chance is only the measure of...

Out of Context: On Chance (Definitions)

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"Chance is a world void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause." (Voltaire, A Philosophical Dictionary, 1764) "Our conce...

On Chance: Gamblers III

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"Behavioural research shows that we tend to use simplifying heuristics when making judgements about uncertain events. These are prone t...
17 January 2025

On Algorithms: Definitions

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"Algorithms are a set of procedures to generate the answer to a problem." (Stuart Kauffman, "At Home in the Universe: The Sea...