A radical view of evolution, founded on a very different understanding of time and knowledge.
Book Review of CREATIVE EVOLUTION by Henri Bergson (1907)
Author: The Chaostician
Entropy
Entropy is a weird thing. It is used in multiple seemingly unrelated contexts. None of them have intuitive definitions. I hope to simply explain what entropy is in these contexts and why they all deserve to have the same word.
What More Could I Have Done for My Vineyard?
Jacob 5 is the longest parable in the Book of Mormon. It typically is interpreted as a fairly straightforward description of God’s interactions with His chosen people throughout history. Here, I present an original alternative interpretation.
Fractal Dimensions
You probably know fractals as cool-looking mathy shapes. Maybe you’ve also heard that fractals can have non-integer dimensions. This is extremely weird. I hope to give you an idea of what fractals are and help you to understand why we say that fractals’ dimensions can be non-integer.
Comment Policy
There rules and recommendations are both promises from me and expectations for you. I intend to follow them in my writings. You should do the same.
The Parable of the Optimization Algorithm
What should my first blog post be? I am sufficiently confident in this argument that I have presented it over the pulpit at church. And I think it also captures my personal peculiarities well.
About Me
Hello ! I am the Chaostician, the author of this blog. I am a virtual persona created to explore a variety of interesting ideas. This blog exactly represents the totality of my thought, beliefs, and opinions because this is the only setting where I exist.
Welcome !
Welcome to my blog. I plan on posting, every Wednesday, on a menagerie of topics, starting on March 10, 2021. I hope you will join me !