It’s really pretty amazing how easy it is to shift from optimistic enthusiasm to abject and somewhat inconsolable depression. I think my future plans are somewhat coming to a head at this point. I’ve got until the 10th of this month to decide whether to renew my lease or not. If I don’t, I should [...]
Ugh. Craziness. Where to begin. Guess I’ll just go in topic-order. One big nasty blob of random goo to puke out all over the place. Guess I’ll keep the front page clean by hiding it all behind a “more” link though .
I’ll break out one more from the archives… this one dates back to probably early-mid July, during Pol 130, while Phil 303 was fresh in my mind. I had a bit too many spare cycles, not enough games to play or anime to watch, and I wasn’t particularly careful about differentiating cynicism and pessimism. So [...]
note: (this is one of those “early march” backlogged thoughts… might as well polish it up a bit and spit it out, right?) So, more and more I’m finding myself in the skeptic’s mindset… demanding sufficient proof for whatever claims land at my feet — including, increasingly, my own claims. This isn’t necessarily a bad [...]
I don’t remember if I’ve written on this one before or not … Newton wrote “If I have seen farther than others it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants”. In the process of what he did, he himself became a giant, on whose shoulders much of modern understanding still rests. It’s [...]
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