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Safari on iphone I get this error when I load the page: Could not enable WebMidi: navigator.requestMIDIAccess is not a function. (In 'navigator.requestMIDIAccess({sysex:t.sysex,sof…

This book changed the way I think.

Yeah, I find that people use "Logical" wrong as well, or, more specifically, "Not Logical" or "Illogical". When asked to explain why something is or isn't logical...blank stares.

There is nothing in that method that accounts for the possibility that the test may be flawed in some way. I suppose that the assumption here is that the test is 'perfect' in that …

The art of being wrong isn't about admitting it to others. The 'real' art to being wrong is being able to constantly challenge your own conclusions and not be afraid to ask yoursel…

I first read GEB when I was a teenager (and I've re-read it many many times since). It is one of the few books that made me re-think the way that I think, and it's one of my favori…

This is absolutely true. Critical Thinking does discourage ideas - namely, poorly thought out and stupid ones. There's absolutely nothing wrong with using creativity to solve probl…

Near the end of the article, there's this: "Because we elect our prosecutors, there is no chance of apology, and no admission of error." Can anybody help me understand this? Does i…

Technically, you are correct: a single bank cannot do this, but the entire banking system can. With a 10% reserve requirement, a single $100 deposit at one bank becomes $1,000 of c…

Actually, you can't. If I am in possession of 1 BTC and I give it to you, I am not in possession of it anymore -- there is nothing that I can do to get it back unless you give it b…