Diary (July 20, 2020)

Online diary of Karl Jones for Monday July 20, 2020.

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Three things

"My old uncle Phineas was fond to mumble: “Dere are three t’ings [holds up three rheumatic digits] you should teach the kids: Selflessness, Wonder, n’ Doubt.” By “doubt” he meant a healthy skepticism; and alongside civics and linear algebra, i wish that could be formally taught in school. Call it “scientific method” if one needs to dress it up a bit."

—theophrastus @ Boing Boing

Insult or Inform?

Insult or Inform? - Pick one and optimize

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Karl Jones (nonfiction)