What I'm thinking about today

Euclid’s Elements Book VII Definitions 1 and 2 Def. 1. A unit is that by virtue of which each of the things that exist is called one. Def. 2. A number is a multitude composed of units. NB: I am used to using the word monad instead of unit. Just so as you know.

The evils of the world, in short

An excellent summation of things worth working against: Ambient Irony: To The Point The Creationists pushing their fraudulent spin on Evolutionary Theory; the Post-Modernists denying the concept of Objective Truth; the Islamists trying to do both at the same time; the historical revisionists; the Psychics; the “Alternative Health Practitioners”; the academics who see their role Continue reading The evils of the world, in short