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I find Frederick Eberhardt’s writing on causality to be particularly clear and instructive.

Two physicists and a philosopher recently published a similar article that makes this point even more cogently, in my opinion. “The blind spot of science is the neglect of lived ex…

Chomsky discusses this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aydw2neS1W8&feature=youtu.be...

I think Chomsky is referring to gravity’s action at a distance, which Newton regarded to be absurd. I’ve heard Chomsky say that, after Newton, “physical” has come to mean “what we …

I find it interesting that Noam Chomsky rejects the mind–body problem as it’s often presented, given that Newton demolished the concept of body, not mind. Below is a relevant passa…

Judea Pearl sees a way out of the winter. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/machi...

Yes [1]. [1] https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.04016

Matthew Butterick made this argument years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9063177

I recommend Stephen LaBerge’s work.

In my experience, the best way to improve my attention is by practicing śamatha meditation. The śamatha practices that entail mindfulness of breathing are thought to be ideal for t…

I completely agree! Doumont often gives talks at universities that are open to the public. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php

Matthew Butterick’s font Triplicate has true italics and a Code version with programming alternates. www.triplicatefont.com

The typographer Matthew Butterick was so bothered by the use of Verdana in “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol” that he wrote a letter to Brad Bird, the film’s director. PDF: htt…

You may also enjoy Matthew Butterick’s Triplicate, which has true italics. http://practicaltypography.com/triplicate.html

Butterick’s Practical Typography recommends a body-text size of 15–25 pixels. http://practicaltypography.com/point-size.html

I highly recommend “Style: Toward Clarity and Grace,” by Joseph Williams. It’s by far the best advice on writing I’ve ever read. I learned about it from Norman Ramsey’s website [1]…

It’s amazing that there aren’t many articles like this one. I wrote something very similar [1] last year because I simply couldn’t find a complete, step-by-step guide that addresse…

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