I found this interesting talk from Carl Mitcham called Can engineering save us? A Moulakis Lecture in Responsible Engineering with Carl Mitcham. His answer: no.
Intuitionism
Recently I read about Intuitionism and I can tell you unreservedly that I do not believe in it. I believe that objective things can exist independent of human minds and the most salient example I could give is in your computers. In your computer you can calculate 1 + 1 = 2 and you can do so quite independently of a human mind. 1 + 1 = 2 is an objective truth which can easily be modelled in a machine. Certainly mathematics can *also* be the result of constructive mental activity in human minds, but it is not limited to that. Also it might be interesting to note that machines will be able to find objective mathematical truths which are beyond the capacity of a human mind alone, in fact I’m quite sure that will have been done already (if you can think of an example feel free to let me know!).
Curry–Howard correspondence
Some light reading. /s
Presentations by Bret Victor
I just found him but I’m a big fan of Bret Victor.
AT Protocol
So it turns out when they’re talking about the AT Protocol (the Authenticated Transfer Protocol) they are *not* talking about the Hayes AT command set. Just FYI for any old timers around here. :)
Reading Jacques Derrida
I’m interested in reading more Jacques Derrida and I think I might start with Margins of Philosophy.
Works by Gary Aylesworth
I forget how it happened but I ended up over here: Works by Gary Aylesworth.
Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
On my list of books to buy (and read!) is Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors by Matt Parker.
Strange Loop videos by Philip Wadler
Two presentations given at Strange Loop by Philip Wadler.