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| Introduction | I could probably fill this with loads of text describing myself. However, if I were to be completely truthful, I would have to point out that there is no good reason to believe anything I write here, so why should I go to the bother of writing it? On the other hand, if I was being completely truthful, then there is every reason to believe anything I write, and then I wouldn't have to tell anyone reading it not to believe me. But if you were reading this, how would you know whether I was just being completely truthful, or lying through my teeth? Heck, if I told you to believe me, then that would be just as bad, because if I were a liar, I could still tell the truth about everything else, and then lie about whether you should believe me or not. If I told you not to believe me, that might be a true statement, because I could fill the rest of my ranting with more false statements. And what if I didn't say whether or not you should believe me? What then? Confused? So am I! It seems I can't even write anything about myself without running full-tilt into epistemological dilemmas and logical paradoxes. So what does one do in such a situation? That’s really what this blog is about. |
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| Favorite movies | The Godfather, "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse", "Fredo, you're my older brother and I love you. But don't ever take sides with anyone against the family again. Ever.", "I have a sentimental weakness for my children and I spoil them, as you can see. They talk when they should be listening.", "I don't like violence, Tom. I'm a businessman. Blood is a big expense.", MC: "My father is no different than any other powerful man -- any man who's responsible for other people, like a senator or president." KAY: "You know how naive yousound...senators and presidents don't have men killed." MC: "Oh, who's being naive, Kay?" |
| Favorite music | Voyager Golden Records: have you ever known better music than this? http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4D51474AB7BE5595 |
| Favorite books | The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker, We the living & The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand,The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins, A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, Cosmos by Carl Sagan, A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Muhammad Hanif, Candide by Voltaire, Story of Philosophy Will Durant, And last but not the least: a tome of a book which i haven't been able to read completely after 4 years: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (GEB) A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll. Quite a title for one book, won't you say? |
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