Gary (the new guy) has proposed that we resume our off and on practice of reading something before each meeting to give us some focus. I think this is a good...
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Dec 29, 2010 2:21 am
I put up a start of a discussion about the theory of probability at aaronturner.thinkertothinker.com. This essay was a bit rushed, and therefore is unpolished....
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Jan 9, 2011 3:38 am
Just a reminder that we want read through chapter 4, page 39 of ITOE by Monday. Doug - what's your car situation?...
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Jan 10, 2011 3:27 pm
Luckily, we're between blizzards. Planning to meet at 8pm tonight, and hoping to discuss ITOE chapters 1-4. I personally found Chapter 4 rough going - lots...
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DouglasR
drudd9
Jan 14, 2011 7:05 pm
In the two slit experiment sending photons or electrons (or anything else - they've done it with large molecules) through two slits will produce an...
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Aaron Turner
turnermcneill
Jan 15, 2011 12:58 am
There are answers to your questions, assuming your not asking rhetorically. Give me a bit to think of how to explain correlated randomness to you. Sent from my...
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Jan 16, 2011 9:53 pm
Not quite sure what to do about tomorrow night. I just spent an hour trying to get my car up the driveway. Yesterday was the first day I tried taking the...
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Jan 17, 2011 10:45 pm
The plow dude came and did his best, but his best might not save you from spending the night in a snowbank. Not sure I'm getting up the driveway tonight...
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Jan 24, 2011 1:05 pm
I'm judging the driveway to be in reasonably good shape for all but rear-wheel drive vehicles. We have hard-packed snow with some minor ruts. My car, with...
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DouglasR
drudd9
Jan 26, 2011 5:38 pm
Per our discussion at the Objectivist Club: OK, we do arithmetic by recalling a script from the memory and then going through the script, which is also a list...
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Jan 31, 2011 6:43 pm
We continue to slip these meetings in between storms. Driveway seems passable at the moment, at least until tomorrow afternoon, so we'll meet tonight....
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Feb 6, 2011 3:18 am
Another essay about the nature of science. http://aaronturner.thinkertothinker.com <http://aaronturner.thinkertothinker.com>...
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kimberly_anne_mcneill
kimberly_ann...
Feb 7, 2011 6:04 pm
We had a thaw! That's great! But now our driveway is unpassable once again because of slush. Hopefully the nightmare is ending......
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DouglasR
drudd9
Feb 10, 2011 8:28 pm
It seems the job of banking is to extract money from things where it is bottled up. It first started by extracting money from the gold people had lying around...
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Feb 14, 2011 6:59 pm
Valentine's Day. We'll pick up again next week....
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Feb 21, 2011 7:30 pm
Not sure how the snow went where you are, but from what I see here I think we should be in fine shape to meet tonight. Let me know (Doug) if you're planning...
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DouglasR
drudd9
Feb 23, 2011 8:22 pm
I have been watching the Middle East revolutions on Al Jazeera English TV (which is a lot better than American TV). Just a hunch, but I get the feeling that...
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Aaron Turner
turnermcneill
Feb 23, 2011 9:49 pm
I certainly hope your analysis is correct Doug. Sent from my iPod...
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DouglasR
drudd9
Feb 25, 2011 3:35 pm
We have to realize that the communication revolution brought about by the internet is on par with the invention of the printing press 500 years ago. The people...
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Mar 7, 2011 5:34 pm
No meeting tonight, I'll be pumping my basement. Driveway is also a wreck....
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Mar 14, 2011 9:18 am
I'll be in Boston today, at Lincoln Labs, getting back late tonight. We'll shoot again for next week!...
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Mar 21, 2011 5:49 pm
Finally, we'll give it a shot again this week....
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Mar 22, 2011 10:55 pm
www.doaj.org <http://www.doaj.org> This is a directory of open access journals covering many fields. I've only really explored the Astronomy/Physics section,...
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Mar 28, 2011 6:52 pm
Skipping this week, sorry for the late notice. Shoot for next week....
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Apr 4, 2011 7:03 pm
Planning to meet tonight at 8pm...
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Apr 11, 2011 12:10 pm
AJ is sick, and its not a fun kind of sick. So we'll spare you the experience. On to next week....
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Apr 11, 2011 11:57 pm
I read this one completely. And I don't understand the philosophical point. Maybe one of you will. The journal containing it looks somewhat interesting, though...
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Douglas Rudd
drudd9
Apr 12, 2011 1:18 pm
You mean the one about Charles Piazzi Smyth? His claim to fame is that he developed a system of bible prophecy and history based on the measurements of the...
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Aaron
turnermcneill
Apr 18, 2011 6:00 pm
Yes, we are meeting tonight; no we haven't seen the movie yet....
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DouglasR
drudd9
Apr 20, 2011 2:56 pm
The Common Good Aaron said the individual has to be primary; otherwise people would be at the mercy of anyone who wants to tell them what the common good is. ...
