tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post6993011684734560266..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Government: The Left Wing Noise MachineGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70772748064086908972013-09-08T16:49:06.019-07:002013-09-08T16:49:06.019-07:00"Or, maybe we can ban abortion on grounds of ..."Or, maybe we can ban abortion on grounds of pre-emptive tax evasion."<br /><br />Ha! <br /><br />No doubt after Obamacare has been free for long enough, the desparate search for revenue just might make that a reality.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22631418112038112152013-09-08T11:50:13.501-07:002013-09-08T11:50:13.501-07:00Via Venderleun, there's a good piece up by Dav...Via Venderleun, there's a good piece up by <a href="http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/2013/09/08/lip-service/" rel="nofollow">David Warren</a>. <br /><br />ge, lol. Except that PETA would probably have been in favor of killing the stork, in order to "rescue" it from its human captors...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-35832599766911183132013-09-08T11:49:01.374-07:002013-09-08T11:49:01.374-07:00Drudge UPDATE: Stork Detained as Spy in Egypt Foun...Drudge UPDATE: Stork Detained as Spy in Egypt Found Dead...PETA Seeks Congressional Approval for Missile Strike<br />.<br />.<br />.<br /><br /><br /><br />augmented ala <br />gegehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50868846675422647162013-09-07T11:26:49.601-07:002013-09-07T11:26:49.601-07:00Yes, order is definitely fatal. One more reason t...Yes, order is definitely fatal. One more reason to think of the one as a dynamic threeness. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45028647325714793402013-09-07T10:17:58.689-07:002013-09-07T10:17:58.689-07:00Gilder gives the example of a normal heartbeat on ...<i>Gilder gives the example of a normal heartbeat on a monitor, which is ordered but carries little information; it is a low-entropy carrier, basically telling you that the person is alive.<br /><br />Conversely, a hi-entropy message contains so much information -- i.e., so much surprise -- "that it will actually appear as random noise to any recipient unequipped with the proper decoding device."</i><br /><br />As Mushroom said yesterday, this is fascinating stuff. It occurred to me just now that this might also apply to certain cultural ideals; particularly those cultures in which one is expected to stay within the order, and essentially to refrain from being a source of any surprise. Isn't there some Japanese maxim about the nail which stands out, and so gets pounded in? Or is it the tall flower that gets cut?<br /><br />Also, it occurs to me that the idea of entropy, which is thought to denote disorder, in truth denotes a return to a lower state of order. True, there is disarray when things fall apart, but ultimately, barring any surprises, everything settles. Rock forms layers, bodies in space settle into orbits or <a href="http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/3308986.html?page=1&c=y" rel="nofollow">clump together</a>, inertia sets in, and things become extremely ordered. Also mostly dead.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75683170575528160842013-09-06T18:34:04.732-07:002013-09-06T18:34:04.732-07:00"Nobody with any sense thought you could time..."Nobody with any sense thought you could time the market, but we all thought it was a measure of what was going on in the real world -- not perfect but a reasonable approximation. <br /><br />Now, it's as if we were outside on a really cold day all bundled up. Somebody complains about having to wear all these clothes, so we stick a match under the thermometer until it reads 95. Then we think we can walk around in shorts and flip-flops."<br /><br />Sell in May and Go Away and Don't Come Back Till All Saints Day.<br /><br />http://www.streetsmartreport.com/sts<br /><br />Works better in Europe than the U.S.<br /><br />At least as of this paper:<br /><br />http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3083268?uid=3739776&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21102589857931<br /><br />And yes, it exists thanks to mass psychology.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77037604803644190952013-09-06T18:25:45.384-07:002013-09-06T18:25:45.384-07:00"And some people think panic attack is a kind..."And some people think panic attack is a kind of "anxiety seizure.""<br /><br />Be that as it may, having a panic attack is still preferable to riding a roller coaster.<br /><br />Or riding a log flume ride.<br /><br />Or riding the Tower of Terror.<br />JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10136091241390704972013-09-06T12:51:05.081-07:002013-09-06T12:51:05.081-07:00You know Giles Corey was accused of witchcraft and...You know Giles Corey was accused of witchcraft and tried by having stones placed on him. Each time they asked him if he would recant, he cried, "More weight." The witchdoctor Krugman cries, "More debt!"mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37847426288526871142013-09-06T12:45:39.864-07:002013-09-06T12:45:39.864-07:00I believe during a seizure the brainwaves are unus...I believe during a seizure the brainwaves are unusually ordered, but I could be wrong....<br /><br />And some people think panic attack is a kind of "anxiety seizure."Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58721621280978829102013-09-06T12:24:55.953-07:002013-09-06T12:24:55.953-07:00Mushroom, that would be funnier if it wasn't t...Mushroom, that would be funnier if it wasn't true...<br /><br /><i>However, it is "impossible to differentiate such random noise from a series of unrelated creative surprises," because "both are gauged by their entropy or surprisal." Thus, constant surprise looks like complete randomness, that is, unless you know how to decode the message. </i><br /><br />This is very interesting as applied to the study of brain waves. Just a couple of weeks ago, there was news about <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/165081-first-human-brain-to-brain-interface-allows-remote-control-over-the-internet-telepathy-coming-soon" rel="nofollow">the first human brain-to-brain internet connection</a>. When I first read about it, I found it both creepy and passingly interesting. This week, however, I suddenly find the noisy patterns of brain waves to be much more important. If a person's mind can be effected in this way, perhaps it is possible that someone could develop the technology to both read and react to the patterns that crop up, for instance, during a seizure. A pacemaker for the brain, as it were...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-17506142610792139792013-09-06T12:20:42.096-07:002013-09-06T12:20:42.096-07:00Is there another medicine that makes you astonishi...Is there another medicine that makes you astonishingly and horrifyingly ill in massive doses, but magically cures you in gargantuan ones? Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68035423730214363812013-09-06T12:18:07.375-07:002013-09-06T12:18:07.375-07:00When you've lost Paul Krugman.... Of course, h...When you've <a href="http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/09/krugman-obamanomics-an-astonishing-horrifying-failure.php" rel="nofollow">lost Paul Krugman</a>.... Of course, he thinks Obama's mistake was <i>not enough</i> noise.<br /><br /> Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36735834933042484012013-09-06T11:21:13.313-07:002013-09-06T11:21:13.313-07:00This is fascinating stuff and dead center on what ...This is fascinating stuff and dead center on what is close to my heart. <br /><br />Nobody with any sense thought you could time the market, but we all thought it was a measure of what was going on in the real world -- not perfect but a reasonable approximation. <br /><br />Now, it's as if we were outside on a really cold day all bundled up. Somebody complains about having to wear all these clothes, so we stick a match under the thermometer until it reads 95. Then we think we can walk around in shorts and flip-flops.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91234985283000618482013-09-06T11:10:05.265-07:002013-09-06T11:10:05.265-07:00However, it is "impossible to differentiate s...<i>However, it is "impossible to differentiate such random noise from a series of unrelated creative surprises," because "both are gauged by their entropy or surprisal."</i><br /><br />Before I read further, wouldn't a post-modern or post-post-modern argument be that the very fact the randomness is generated "intentionally" make it art?mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29965672981070081992013-09-06T10:44:49.242-07:002013-09-06T10:44:49.242-07:00"Conversely, a hi-entropy message contains so..."Conversely, a hi-entropy message contains so much information -- i.e., so much surprise -- "that it will actually appear as random noise to any recipient unequipped with the proper decoding device."<br /><br />Bingo. Appears random without the decoding device. Therefore, what is truly random? -- might as well just say "silly" -- as the view many have of the Bible (never mind Finnegans Wake) without a proper decoding device. Not even Obama's decisions are random (to him or to those who know him). To know him is to have the play-book/decoding device. With that view, he is a broken record.<br /><br />My decoder ring tells me that he loves all this attention: "OMGz what will he do noooow!!1"<br />The World on the edge of its seat.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.com