Second Balcony

Bas C. van Fraassen says applied math is the only science. I believe him, and would like to note that our culture currently does not: our modern science mascots — Dawkins, CSI, Mythbusters — are way more about disecting frogs than about crunching numbers. I think it’s maybe because math is eerie, and what science as a concept stands for in our culture these days is sobriety (unlike way-back when Bohr was dispensing Kōans)? 

Likes: environments, noticing things.

Dislikes: events, experiences.

The fast-track way to having zero self-deception is to be so bad at reading your own mind that you don’t even have suspicions to cheat yourself out of.

What if Malevich painted a black squirrel.

Different: making a savvy joke, making a joke about the use of savvy jokes.

Less different: making a joke about the use of savvy jokes, making a joke about the use of jokes about the use of savvy jokes.  

Not different: making a joke about the use of jokes about the use of savvy jokes, making a joke about the use of jokes about use of jokes about the use of savvy jokes.