Bye Bye Einstein

This last post in the series explains why I believe it is time to say goodbye to Einstein, and why I look forward to how our worldview develops in the light of this CERN discovery of material superluminality. Continue reading

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Why not Discard Special Relativity?

This second post in my series on the superluminality observed (or suspected) at CERN looks at why we cannot accept it.

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Faster than Light

When they discovered particles going faster than light at CERN, they didn’t want to believe themselves. They were practically begging the rest of the community to find a mistake in this discovery. Why would they do that? This post and its follow ups will try to shed some light on this strange lack of faith.

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How to Avoid Duplicate Imports in iPhoto

I just finished writing my first Mac application because I had a specific problem (duplicate imports of photos into my iPhoto Library) to solve. This problem may be fairly common, so I’m making it available (all right, selling it) to the general public. Here is a summary of what it does and how to get it. Continue reading

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Accidental Writer

I consider myself an accidental writer. Despite the modest success I enjoyed as a published writer and a columnist, writing is not where my talents lie. I wrote my first book because I thought I had something important to say. … Continue reading

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Risk – Wiley FinCAD Webinar

This post is an edited version of my responses in a Webinar panel-discussion organized by Wiley-Finance and FinCAD. The freely available Webcast is linked in the post, and contains responses from the other participants — Paul Wilmott and Espen Huag. An expanded version of this post may later appear as an article in the Wilmott Magazine.

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What is Unreal Blog?

This post is an expanded version of a Web interview regarding my blog. It attempts to answer the question why I blog. And why one should take philosophy seriously. Seriously!

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Belle Piece

What do you do when you find yourself a sort of captive audience next to your big boss for a couple of minutes? Be careful about the comments you make as smalltalk!

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Luddite Thoughts

Wondering if our so-called progress is actually a blind march toward chaos an anarchy, I present a slightly disorganized line of thought in this short piece.

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English as the Official Language of Europe

Another gem from my email archives…

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Risk: Interpretation, Innovation and Implementation

An invite to a Webinar organized by FinCAD and Wiley Global Finance, featuring Paul Wilmott, Epsen Haug and yours faithfully… Continue reading

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A Crazy Language

Here is a piece about the weirdness of the English language that I found on the web some twenty years ago. Continue reading

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Ioanna’s Aisles

Here is a story about the quirkiness of this eccentric language.

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A Parker Pen from Singapore

About a fifty-year old Parker pen that held an important lesson for me.

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A Chess Game

About a couple of chess games, and about why somebody’s loss can be as satisfying as your win.

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Dualism

Dualism is a misunderstood concept. At least, I didn’t understand it too well. This post is a more refined view on it, which may not still be complete or accurate. Since everything in philosophy (and life) is interconnected, this short post brings together a lot of what I think of life, the universe and everything.

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Physics vs. Finance

The last post in this series of Love of Math looks at how math gets used in physics and finance. Or, more precisely, how one has to be careful about the assumptions in modeling stuff, and the pitfalls of (the lack of) error propagation.

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Your Virtual Thumbdrive

How to use online storage as your virtual thumbdrive and more.

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Math and Patterns

Most kids love patterns. Math is just patterns. So is life. Math, therefore, is merely a formal way of describing life, or at least the patterns we encounter in life. So, where is the difficulty in loving maths? Here is the second post in this series.

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Hosting Options

Practical advice for budding bloggers and webmasters — what kind of web-hosting is appropriate for you?

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