Dennis Hackethal’s Blog
My blog about philosophy, coding, and anything else that interests me.
Tweets
An archive of my tweets and retweets through . They may be formatted slightly differently than on Twitter. API access has since gotten prohibitively expensive – I don't know whether or when I'll be able to update this archive.
But in case I will, you can subscribe via RSS – without a Twitter account. Rationale
RT @DavidDeutschOxf:
That link doesn't seem to work for some people. This one works: stitcher.com/podcast/the-te… twitter.com/TEDchris/statu…
RT @jmsbutcher:
REPLICATING MEMES was the original genetic purpose of our ability to create knowledge, explain the world, and basically eve…
Instead, he describes the process of conjecture and criticism by which theories can be dismissed. Surviving theories are nonetheless unlikely to be true. That likelihood does not improve with more failed tests. (See Logic of Scientific Discovery, Popper, 1934) 2/2
Loved your book "The Emperor of All Maladies" - just one minor suggestion for improvement. Popper does not describe the process by which scientists "verify" theories. And theories do not gain credibility or robustness when attempts to falsify them fail. 1/2
Excellent article about what's standing between us and AI: aeon.co/essays/how-clo…
It is my understanding that to apply knowledge, one has to have knowledge that said knowledge exists in one’s mind. But one has to have knowledge of that second knowledge too, etc. An infinite regress?
RT @elonmusk:
@SamHarrisOrg @SpaceX
We’re doing ok for a bunch of monkeys. Humanity rocks!
Interesting, just the other day I started familiarizing myself with Hannah Arendt and her concept of the “banality of evil”. Can you elaborate where you find fault with it?
RT @DavidDeutschOxf:
Interesting, if so, that would seem to violate the principle of interoperability of information, as proposed in constr…
RT @cardboardisaac:
Fantastic list! And nearly all of them seem to have been well accomplished. twitter.com/royalsociety/s…
RT @MarsCuriosity:
I'm back! Did you miss me? This selfie is part of a fresh batch of images, direct from #Mars. Check out all my raw image…
A great example of what can happen when you look for confirmation, not refutation: youtu.be/bozH0O_cVhY
Unfortunately no subtitles, but brilliant nonetheless. youtu.be/1467dwUh5Nw
RT @ClickHole:
This Plus-Size Model Was Inspiring. But Then She Lost 100 Pounds, Which Was… Also Inspiring? Even Though She Was Already Per…
RT @MarsCuriosity:
Meanwhile, back on Mars... I’m checking out these stick-like figures. Each is about a quarter-inch long. Maybe they're c…
RT @ClickHole:
Awesome: When A Little Girl Told Neil DeGrasse Tyson She Wanted To Live On Jupiter, He Completely Shut Her Down https://t.co…
RT @ClickHole:
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RT @ClickHole:
Awesome: When This 8-Year-Old Girl Told J.K. Rowling That She Liked ‘Harry Potter,’ The Author Said ‘Yeah, No Shit’ https://…
RT @ClickHole:
‘My Fans Will Pony Up For Whatever Worthless Garbage I Dangle In Front Of Their Vacant Mule Eyes’: 5 Questions With Gwyneth…
RT @DavidDeutschOxf:
Frequent use of hyperbolic or impressionistic language in contexts where accuracy is appropriate is a harmful part of…
Of course, not everything is knowable (see incompleteness), but it just occurred to me that the answer to the question "Is everything knowable?" must itself be knowable. If unknowable, it immediately evaluates to "no".
Musk is right. Here in South Bay traffic has become so bad due to lack of decent public transit, I’d rather wait for the results of an important blood test than be stuck in traffic.
RT @ChristopherNie:
@kimbal @SpaceX @elonmusk
Is this first stage purging? Have never seen smoke rings during a launch https://t.co/qYkH1sv…
RT @ChristopherNie:
@kimbal @SpaceX @elonmusk
From the beach https://t.co/yzGvWam4bI
RT @alias_amanda:
Here’s the video. #spacex #IridiumNEXT https://t.co/mnVKrPjCcB
RT @michaelshermer:
Tonight my wife drug me out of the shower dripping wet to see "there's something in the sky—it's unbelievable!" Me: "Th…
RT @elonmusk:
Nuclear alien UFO from North Korea https://t.co/GUIHpKkkp5
RT @SoCalAleen:
What... in the world???? #DTLA https://t.co/gqhpwm9PJq
RT @ClickHole:
This is the story of Noah's ark. https://t.co/PoOJyAddsE
RT @SpaceX:
Two years ago today, Falcon 9 delivered 11 Orbcomm satellites to low-Earth orbit followed by the first successful orbital class…
RT @SpaceX:
The SpaceX team recently completed production on our 400th Merlin 1D engine—the latest iteration of SpaceX’s rocket engine that…
RT @rabihalameddine:
Good morning,
Marcin Ryczek, man feeding swans https://t.co/ntAY268dbz
2/2 1) We shall not abandon scientific theories without a good reason to do so (such as finding fault with it or finding a better theory). 2) The game goes on forever and the scientist who declares he/she has found the ultimate theory is automatically disqualified.
1/2 “The Logic of Scientific Discovery” could have been more aptly translated as “The Logic of Scientific Research” imo. Not only is it a more accurate translation, but more importantly, Popper literally describes how research is a game with two basic rules:
RT @michaelshermer:
For this reason alone each year—including 2017—is the best year in human history. Poverty will be extinct everywhere by…
RT @Crit_Rat:
I received critical damage. https://t.co/hJ5dHmh7lK
RT @reasonisfun:
People in the future will still be asking this about our time, after AI is cracked. twitter.com/ZachWeiner/sta…
RT @reasonisfun:
The Crit Rat can be found in laboratories, spending its time eating cheese and being ignored when it squeaks that there's…
Can I interview you? So many questions about your books.
RT @DavidDeutschOxf:
Not just most writers. Many scientists. Some great ones. Just. Don't. Get it. prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/edwar… https://t.co/M55…
RT @bgreene:
New discovery of ancient yet monstrous black hole -- 800 million times the mass of the sun -- raises tantalizing puzzle: How d…
RT @DavidDeutschOxf:
Would be great to demote 'dark energy' from 'bad explanation we seem to need' back down to plain 'bad explanation'.
RT @bgreene:
Special Relativity tells us that nothing can travel through space faster than the speed of light, but this does not constrain…
RT @bgreene:
100 years ago this week: Einstein uses general relativity to resolve a great mystery surrounding Mercury's orbit, a triumph so…
Been looking for something like this! twitter.com/bgreene/status…
So @Tinder uses GET requests to send pass/like to server... CSRF anyone?
In "obj = {}; obj.prop = obj;", is obj an instance of realized infinity as it can be fully expressed as a subset of itself?
In "All Life is Problem Solving", Popper argues that the origin of life may be inexplicable. What do you think about that?
Does a classical universal computer's inability to simulate a quantum computer make it not really universal?
Conjecture: Could the reach of a living trans-universal structure determine the degree of its consciousness?
RT @neiltyson:
If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.
Motivation: Build something and be passionate about it. http://t.co/lzh80eGN6J
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