“Although to penetrate into the intimate mysteries of nature and thence to learn the true causes of phenomena is not allowed to us, nevertheless it can happen that a certain fictive hypothesis may suffice for explaining many phenomena.” – Leonhard Euler I find this a very interesting attitude for a mathmatician. Why is this? Let us ask first, what is a mathematician? A mathematician is a person who practices the study of mathmatics. Well, bully for us. Gold stars all around. Let us then ask, philosophically: What is mathematics? Mathematics is the notational system that provides for the representation of

Hello Yogi and Yogini and other non-practicing folks. A few weeks ago ( 6, to be precise ) I informed you all about my plan to undertake a 40-day commitment to daily practice of yoga at Austin’s own [YogaYoga][3]. Along the way I updated you with blog posts using the Polish Notation syntax familiar to programmers of LISP. Well, 40 days are up and I am glad to report that I completed this challenge on the 29th of July. Furthermore, I have brought my beautiful girlfriend in on the practice and we are both enjoying the benefits of regular practice. Yoga is good, yoga with a buddy is better, and yoga with your girl is even better.

The stars turn around the north pole at night.

Today Pope Benedict the XVI got rid of limbo as the place for the unbaptised souls of children. Enjoy heaven, babies! I mean, really, how can anyone take any religion seriously after this? One morning, a guy wakes up, eats some breakfast, notes the weather is turning cold in Rome, and then decides to dispose of religious element before his morning intestinal evacuation. I’m not an atheist but the do have good T-Shirts: “When you can explain why you dismiss all other gods, you’ll understand why I dismiss yours.” This is why my interpretation of Christianity always goes back to the mystic, the gnostic.

Using special cameras, Getty photographs the president’s usually-invisible advisor If you’ve been paying to the ongoing return of the Enlightenment, you know the name Richard Dawkins. Dawkins is a famous evolutionary biologist who, of late, has been spreading the message of atheism. Dawkins’ primary book that has been the subject of a great many counter-opinions is “The God Delusion”. Lauren and I both noticed that RD was doing a book-signing at BookPeople downtown ( although I’m very thankful to live in a town where BookPeople exists ) and we resolved to attend…but then we found out there would be an ancillary lecture that evening at my alma mater.