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Category Archives: Reading
Boltzmann brain
This is great: Boltzmann brain. The idea is roughly that maybe it’s more likely that your brain (or this entire galaxy) just randomly coalesced rather than evolved from the big bang as we believe it did.
The illusion of free will
I have conjured a rabbit hole for myself: we fall into the illusion of free will.
Computer Science Version Two
Every now and then I find myself over on the C2 wiki. Today it was here:
Learning Kanji
I mentioned to a friend that I thought it was a romantic idea to learn Kanji, and I would very much like to, but I just don’t have time. My friend recommended the Genki Textbook. So this note is just for the record. When it comes to learning Japanese I suppose no one will be surprised to know that there are a lot of options.
Silicon Chip
I’m happy to report that I’ve subscribed to Silicon Chip for the year. Got a print + digital subscription. My first three copies arrived in the mail today:
I got one of their binders with my subscription:
Look forward to filling that up!
Electric and Magnetic Interactions
Some holiday reading arrived for me today: Electric and Magnetic Interactions.
Today’s reading
I’m reading a bunch of things today. Among them: a dead tree version of The Unix Programming Environment; the wiki page for Seymour Cray; and Lex Fridman’s interview with Donald Knuth.
The SQ3R method
In How to Teach Anything: Break Down Complex Topics and Explain with Clarity, While Keeping Engagement and Motivation I learned about the SQ3R method, wherein “American educator Francis P. Robinson developed a method meant to help students really get the most comprehension from the texts they’re assigned—and, ergo, the subject they’re studying. Robinson sought a way to make reading more active, helping readers by creating dynamic engagement with books so the information stuck in their minds.”:
- survey
- question
- read
- recite
- review