I internalized CEP (Circular Error Probable during the cold war) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_error_probable as it pertained to ICBM effectiveness (for those unfamiliar, it is in some ways similar to the difference between precision and accuracy. CEP came to mind during the polling averaging controversy of the recent 2012 presidential election. In my …
[This post is a placeholder for future work.] As I’m reading more, and thinking more, I’m coming the conclusion that there may be a few immediate, practical applications for the “object-oriented-ontology” way of thinking, particularly when it comes to building software supporting scientific applications. This is driven by my experience …
Alien Phenomenology, or What It’s Like to Be a Thing Definitely a thought provoking book. This is one of the first things I’ve read about Object Oriented Ontology (OOO) (aside from the clustermag article that initially vectored me to Bogost). Although I find the program interesting and worthwhile, I’ll admit to …
Beyond the Brain by Louise Barrett First off, this is a very well written book, Barrett’s writing style is exceptionally clear and engaging — definitely a better read than most (well, almost all) books of similar weight. Barrett’s main thrust is to demonstrate, in the tradition of Chalmers …
Is it any surprise that policy has paid most attention to the issues that just happen to be the things those with the most political power care the most about? What was I thinking? From: The need for countervailing power by Mark Thoma 1 Judith Butler’s discussion (So What Are …