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3 AM
Anna Nalick has a great song that includes the following lyrics. 2 AM and she calls me ’cause I’m still awake“Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?I don’t love him, Winter just wasn’t my season” … 2 AM and I’m still awake, writing a songIf I get it all down on paper, it’s no…
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Musical Movies
I love musicals! Recently, I took the time to watch In the Heights and Tick, Tick… Boom! again. Both of these are excellent movies. Here are a few reasons why each of them speaks to me. The energy that courses through In the Heights is contagious. I love the characters, locations, and situations. I particularly…
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How Do We Know?
A long time ago, I thought about writing a series of books called How Do We Know? I still think it’s a good idea. However, I think it might work better as a series of books for kids rather than for a general audience. That’s today’s insight. I’m probably better off writing science books for…
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Paul Dirac
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, is another one of my heroes. He helped formulate quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics. He even helped establish the foundations of quantum field theory. One of the things that impresses me most about Dirac is that he developed a powerful bra-ket notation for expressing quantum phenomena. The…
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What Was I Made For?
Because this lovely song just won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, I figure that now is as good a time as any for me to share my attempt to perform it here. Congrats to Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell for making it happen!
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Why Index Funds?
One of my money rules is to invest in Index Funds. Ideally, this can be done using dollar cost averaging. This just means that you can invest about the same amount of money once a week (or at another fixed interval) no matter what is happening in the market. I invest for the long term.…
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Imperfection or Not?
Not long ago, I wrote a post about the beauty of imperfection. Do I believe imperfection is beautiful? Yes. Do I believe that perfection is beautiful? Yes. I feel like I need to explain myself. I absolutely LOVE the approach taken by the Greeks as they developed geometry. Furthermore, I LOVE the mathematical models that…
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The Sad Cafe
I’ve liked The Eagles for a long time. I listened to Their Greatest Hits over and over as a kid. It wasn’t until a bit later that I got The Long Run album. This is when I first listened to The Sad Cafe, a beautiful song that never became one of my favorites. Until now.…
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Trying to Reason…
Jimmy Buffett is one of my favorite songwriters. Here’s one of my attempts to sing his wonderful song “Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season”. Enjoy!
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A.I. Writing
It’s easy to imagine a world where Artificial Intelligence does most of the work that humans used to do. It’s already happening. A.I. can do a lot! Forbes recognizes The Advantages of Artificial Intelligence in 2024. It’s in our best interest to understand how A.I. is being used and how we can personally use A.I.…