Monthly Archives: June 2013
Can science and philosophy mix constructively?
Quantum mechanics can sometimes be very hard to understand, so much so that even thinking about it becomes difficult. This could be because its foundations lay in the action-centric depiction of reality that slowly rejected its origins and assumed a … Continue reading
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Tagged atomism, Daniel Sarewitz, epistemology, Karl Popper, Laplace's Demon, logical positivism, Paul Feyerabend, Philosophy of Science, Science, science communication, Thomas Kuhn
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Bitcoins and the landscape of internet commerce
In a previous post, I’d laid out the technical details of what goes into mining and transacting with bitcoins (BTC). My original idea was to talk about why they are an important invention, but also felt that the technology mattered enough … Continue reading
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Tagged bitcoins, crypto-currency, deflation, democracy, fiat currencies, internet commerce, taxation
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