Miscellaneous

How things work

  1. ★★☆☆☆ Airlocks, transistors and engineering
  2. Social protocols: the Internet, Mail, Recommender, Search, Web search
  3. Misc algorithms: lift, control theory
  4. Genetics
  5. How the government works

Interesting math problems

  1. Why the Monty Hall problem is completely boring
  2. ★★★☆☆ Two-envelopes problem: beyond the Bayesian explanation
  3. ★★★★☆ Sleeping beauty, prisoner's dilemma and anthropic reasoning
  4. ★★★★★ Hacking Evidential Decision Theory
  5. ★★★☆☆ Pi and collisions (the 3blue1brown problem)
  6. ★★☆☆☆ A curious infinite sum arising from an elementary geometric argument

General mathematics

  1. ★★★☆☆ Multiplicative calculus: Probability of immorality for a transhuman being
  2. ★★★★☆ Filters and hyperreal numbers: [abhimanyu.iogithub 1github 2]
  3. ★☆☆☆☆ Fractional calculus: [arXiv 1arXiv 2]
  4. ★☆☆☆☆ Generalised determinants: [arXiv]
  5. Fractals
  6. ★☆☆☆☆ Special polynomials
  7. Dynamics/chaos

Old non-academic blog

New non-academic blog is available at Copypasta.substack (the mind-killer).

  1. ★★★☆☆ Newton's laws in relativity
  2. ★★★☆☆ "Calculus-based physics"
  3. ★★★☆☆ The era of Einstein
  4. ★★★☆☆ Why are calculus and linear algebra taught early?
  5. ★★★☆☆ "In space, there's no up or down."
  6. Applied math and mathematical models (waves, walls, particles, noise, vector spaces) 
  7. ★★★☆☆ What even are pure and applied math, anyway?
  8. ★★★☆☆ Positive vs normative social science
  9. ★★★☆☆ Ranking academic disciplines from science to pseudo-science
  10. ★★★☆☆ Age of Gen: a picture of a futuristic transhuman society 
  11. ★★☆☆☆ A review of "Age of Em" by Robin Hanson
  12. ★☆☆☆☆ Basilisk, thy name is Simon
  13. ★★☆☆☆ Three domains of knowledge
  14. ★★★☆☆ Realistic aliens
  15. ★★☆☆☆ How to rebuild civilization after a zombie apocalypse
  16. Concept for a systematic OS
  17. Reinventing grammar

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