Monthly Archives: February 2012

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Posted on February 29, 2012 by isomorphismes

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Partition Function

Posted on February 28, 2012 by isomorphismes

5 = 55 = 4 + 15 = 3 + 25 = 3 + 1 + 15 = 2 + 2 + 15 = 2 + 1 + 1 + 15 = 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + … Continue reading →

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Where do theories come from?

Posted on February 27, 2012 by isomorphismes

While science rightly uses empirical evidence (”facts”) as the ultimate arbiter of truth, those who experiment and analyse field data usually only credit or discredit ideas / frameworks that some theorist has previously invented. Tagline. Science: We finally figured out that … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 27, 2012 by isomorphismes

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Posted on February 27, 2012 by isomorphismes

[I]n the late 1920’s and early 1930’s…. There were lots of deep thoughts [in economics], but a lack of quantitative results. … It is usually not of very great practical or even scientific interest to know whether the [causal] influence … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 27, 2012 by isomorphismes

Let Go by jj (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

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Posted on February 26, 2012 by isomorphismes

The Newtonian view of a smooth background space which acts as a container in which the events in the universe take place is giving way to the view of Leibnitz (sic) in which the contents of the universe themselves give … Continue reading →