A List of Articles On Diverse Topics
Articles of General Interest
Order Of An Element in Group Theory
For students of group theory here is a short tutorial on finding the order of an element in a group.
Read more Review of the philosophic school of Existentialism
Myself at 65
A Fallacious Adage
Have you ever heard this fallacious saying: The enemy of my enemy is my friend In this article we look at why this is a fallacious adage.
Read moreAmerican Elections
Transinfinity Cantor Set Theory
Read more about Cantor's Set TheoryThe famous short short Before The Law
Read moreThe existentialist implications of the story by Franz Kafka
Elections in America are shams. I examine the philosophy behind them in the article below.
Read moreAre Our Devices Becoming Sentient?
I have begun to wonder about our devices with CNNs running on them becoming sentient. Here is my rumination on the topic.
Read moreMoments Before Death
My Rumination on the moments before death, I know this is morbid, but necessary A Chain Of Reasoning
Enemy Of The State
Released in 1998, Enemy Of The State is not anything I'd rave about, except that it oddly presages what Ed Snowden warned us of: government invasion of our privacy.
Read moreThe Vanishing
This is a French film that will keep you spellbound
Read moreRepartir
NEW Repartir is a song by the Brazilian group 2 Reis (2 Kings) I adore this song and just had to give it an English translation.
Read more Listen to the songReversed English Words And Graph Theory
NEW Reversed Lettering and Graph Theory: Reversed English Words and mapping the reversed letters of common English words has become a new interest to me. Read the short intro below and maybe you will be intrigued too.
Read moreTim's Vermeer
The comedian skeptic duo Penn and Teller have released a documentary about how one man, Tim Jenison discovered how the 17th-century Dutch realistic painter, Johannes Vermeer may have created his famous The Music Lesson. I review it and the metaphysical questions it poses in this article.
Read more One of Russia's many great novelists is Leo Tolstoy. His Master and Man is a novelette that in 73 pages will keep you reading every word.
Leo Tolstoy
Hidden Figures
The film Hidden Figures was a wonderful little piece of film. Not perfect, somewhat on the bombastic side, but a real ground-breaking work about a period in American history that has been overlooked.
Read moreThe Revenant and The Hateful Eight
Two films in 2015 I reviewed in this essay.
Read moreCommercial Festival on American TV
I thought Jeopardy was a commercial festival. Wait until you see what I found happens in commercial-infested American TV. This short study focuses on CBS News, but it's the same for the other two networks.
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Network National News: An Advertiser's Paradise
Read moreReverse Lyrics in Stairway to Heaven
I review the debate back in the 80s that the hard rock song Stairway To Heaven contained a satanic message in the form of reversed lyrics
Read moreDying English Words
Some words are becoming archaic in modern English. I look at 5 such words in the following essay.
Read moreToo many Thank Yous
What's happening to the phrase you're welcome? It seems to be disappearing as a salutary greeting.
Read moreAn Affair
This story written in diarist style is about an adulterous affair I had over 20 years ago. I've given fictional names to protect her even now, but the events are true. An example of how destructive, obsessive desire can be.
Read morePalindromes on the 12-Hour Clock
In this article we look at palindromic numbers that occur as a 12-hour clock proceeds through its cycles. There are 57 palindromic minutes in one cycle, but what if we start adding these palindromes together will new palindromes occur? This is what I'm studying now. There is a downloadable excel file contained within to help anyone interested in further analysis.
Read more Palindromic MappingsOn Reading
I am finding that reading paper material is becoming rare for me. Do notice this too? Are we becoming a read less society?
Read moreStrange Attractors Spreadsheet
Complexity theory is a part of mathematics and studies phenomena that are fascinating to mathematicians and others within the field of science. Douglas Hofstadter presented an equation in the subdivision of complexity theory called Strange Attractors in his book GEB, circa 1987 (look up that acronym for the full title). I've turned it into an Excel file with a graph that shows the odd behavior of this equation. Have a look, I'm sure you'll be intrigued. Download it and use the instructions I've embedded on the sheet to see how with one seed, the function tends toward a certain value.
Download the spreadsheetFixacao (Fixation translation)
Kid Abelha or Kid Bee is a Brazilian popular music group that makes what might be called soft rock. I like some of their songs though few have very profound lyrics. Here is one I enjoy and have translated.
Read the translation Listen to the songThe Misuse of Verb To Go
Another in my series on English Grammar. This time we look at the verb To Go and how it's misused in common speech
Read moreWhat is Possession?
Possession is a concept all of us know. The latest in my series of essays on Existentialism, we look at possession from an Existentialist perspective.
Read moreThe Martian: My Pre-review
The Martian, I'm reviewing it and haven't even seen it yet. Find out why here.
Read moreWhat is Nothing?
Have you ever wondered what is nothing? Just what does that word mean? Is there some strange way that Nothing exists? This is what the following article is about.
Read moreEsfera
The song, Esfera (Sphere) is a mesmerizing look at loneliness and love from the point of Rosy Aragao. She is an English instructor in Brazil or so I am told. So, I just had to put this 7-minute song into English. The song hypnotizes me with reflection.
Read moreThe Difference Between Chance and Accident
How are chance and accident related? Have you ever thought about what chance is? Well, surely it's a random event. But have you ever wondered if when an accident occurs it too is a chance event? In the essay below I make the point that one is existential, and the other is contrived.
Read moreTV Drug Commercials
TV drug advertisements drive us crazy, right? Here is my take on this form of irritation.
Read moreFootball Games And Commercials
It is true when you watch a football game you only see 11 minutes of actual gameplay Sorry, I didn't get this written during the 2015-2016 season. Have a look at my timed study.
Read moreThe Biggest Sham in America: Voting
Voting in America is a topic that has been a bone of contention with friends of mine. I have never voted and never will. In this article, I explain why.
Read moreInductive Logical Method
What is the difference between Inductive and Deductive Logic? In this review of the fields, I compare the two and use a fictitious example to illustrate the difference.
Read moreAre We Finite?
It is a popular idea that all we do and make is limited and finite. We know we will die and our relatives too. But in this essay, I try to look at it from a different perspective. What if we can be infinite as a species?
Read moreGoedel Numbering
Goedel Numbering is the basis for Kurt Goedel's famous Incompleteness Theorem. In this article, I explain it and explore its implications.
Read moreThe King Came Long Live The King
O Rei Chegou Viva O Rei
Read moreOnde Anda O Meu Amor
This song is Jorge Ben's tribute to monarchy, I guess. It describes the kind of ruler you'd find in 18th Century Europe, but the chanting, melodic development, and driving beat takes you in when you listen, though the lyrics are shallow platitudes.
Read moreBurn After Reading
The Coen Brothers have made so many good films. This one is called Burn After Reading. It's a comedy and boy what a good laugh it is. I of course relate it to mathematics.
Read moreWhat is Prayer
Is Prayer Just Hope? Is it different from hoping? This is what this next article in the Existentialism series looks at
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