In his 1972 article for Science, Phillip Anderson makes the claim that while all scientific disciplines are reductionist — meaning, they seek to understand a system by breaking it up into smaller parts — they are not constructivist because the symmetry of one stable state is not always applicable to a higher state. The lessons [...]
Wikipedia process
I forget how I stumbled across David Gerard’s wikipediafied essay on process, but after about a month since its creation, what is important is that it exists and has sparked debate. I’m not a Wikipedia contributor — I don’t even remember my login there — however, I think the issues and lessons learned from David [...]
The King is Dead. Kong Live the King.
My DVD consumption took a serious nosedive when I went back to school, to the point that — thanks to Amy and eBay — it actually went in reverse. We went from 3-5 new DVD’s a month down to special occasions (which includes the release of new seasons of our favorite TV shows). If we’re [...]