Andy Skelton?
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Category Archives: Wobble
Carry the one
I’ve been nibbling through Douglas R. Hofstadter’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Gödel, Escher, Bach. In Chapter XVII he mentions the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) who had a talent for extremely fast mathematical analysis. This class of mind (including so-called idiot savants) … Continue reading
Posted in Creamy Filling, Unvisible, Wobble
Tagged algorithms, Church-Turing Thesis, Godel Escher Bach, Hofstadter, mathematics, mathematics disorder, Ramanujan
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Homework
Use the Scientific Method to determine the validity of the Scientific Method.
The Need for Shelves
The burden of things is their need for space. Each thing must occupy its own space and no two things may occupy the same space. Waves are exempt but none of my possessions are waves. This is why I need … Continue reading
I learned how to tie my shoes when I was 22
Don’t let the title fool you. Like any kid, I was taught to tie my shoes at a young age. I didn’t know a bowline from a Double Windsor and I sure didn’t know a square knot from a granny … Continue reading
Posted in Creamy Filling, Masonry, Wobble
Tagged Another Brick in the Wall Part Two, knots, shoelaces
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How can you tell a nightmare?
I, as my present self with my present possessions and obligations, woke up in a hotel in my college town at the end of a spring semester. All my gear was gone. I was without clothes, wallet, keys, phone, briefcase, … Continue reading