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 @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
RT @StagelinkTweet:
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