Decoherency

The random blitherings of an astronomer

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Friday, 27 March 2026

Review : Vital Organs

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This book has been sat on my shelf for quite some time. A friend got it for me for Christmas and I just plain forgot about it. I'll skip...
Monday, 16 March 2026

The Logician's Swindle

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What makes a puzzle annoying ? When is solving a problem rewarding, and when is finding out the answer just frustrating ? If we could answer...
Friday, 13 March 2026

I'd Like To Teach Machines To Think

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Today, a couple of contrarian pieces claiming that maybe LLMs do think and reason after all. That is, not in a namby-pamby, "it's j...
Monday, 2 March 2026

Everything Is Too Easy

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Today, a short look at a BBC article claiming that the modern world is making everything too easy. Yes, really. It is, of course, all about...
Saturday, 28 February 2026

Listening To The Voices In Other People's Heads

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Here's a very nice long read from the Guardian about trying to understand what's really going on inside our heads. Recently I concl...
Monday, 23 February 2026

The Truth About Utility

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What makes a useful definition ? Originally I had a much more philosophically pretentious post semi-drafted for this, and I may still do tha...
Thursday, 19 February 2026

AI For Fun Or Profit ?

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The Czech Academy of Sciences, the research council which funds my own employment, recently put on a five-part webinar giving detailed guida...

Courage, Merry, Courage For Our Pony

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A very short post indeed because I just think this is something I'm going to need to keep coming back to. This video discusses how Lord...
Wednesday, 18 February 2026

The Intentionality of Evil

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A few thoughts after having let Nuremberg   sink in for a little while. It's a great movie, not on the emotional level of One Life over...
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