Author: Tim Keller The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness is a short book written by the late Tim Keller, a prominent religious pastor and theologian. I read this book one morning in Manhattan while waiting for my noontime train back to Boston. Although I myself am not religious, I have always been interested in what ChristianContinueContinue reading “The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness”
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The Art of Logic in an Illogical World
Author: Eugenia Cheng I’ve always prided myself on being a logical person. My choice of career, hobbies, and even conversation topics make no secret of this. So naturally, a book on the application of logic to life’s questions, written by a Cambridge mathematician, would be right up my alley. Surely this book reaffirmed my unwaveringContinueContinue reading “The Art of Logic in an Illogical World”
Eggspresso Technical Documentation
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Eggspresso
Picture this: you wake up in the morning after hitting the snooze button twice. You’re still feeling sluggish but you need to bounce lest your manager berate you for tardiness again. You load a k-pod into your Keurig and 3 raw eggs into your Eggspresso which takes you 30 seconds tops. For the next 3ContinueContinue reading “Eggspresso”
Viscosity Meter
https://youtu.be/56R0j-nlmV4 Most of us know viscosity as how “thick” or “sticky” a liquid is. For example, honey has a high viscosity while water has a low viscosity. However, the formal definition of viscosity is the “tendency of a fluid to resist shear stress”, and viscosity can actually be measured in Pascal-seconds [Pa-s]. How is thisContinueContinue reading “Viscosity Meter”
Cartesian Philosophy
René Descartes, the 17th century French philosopher whose mind was at work at the height of the Scientific Revolution, was a cornerstone philosopher whose ideas have stood the test of time. Although he is best known for being the creator of the XYZ cartesian coordinate system, geometry as we know it, and the bedrock forContinueContinue reading “Cartesian Philosophy”
Proving God Exists… Causally
Descartes attempts to establish the existence of an infinite higher being, namely God, via the method of causal proof. Causal proof is built on a basis of two forms of reality and the transferring of said realities between a cause and its effect. Formal realities are most aptly characterized as tangible realities and are rankedContinueContinue reading “Proving God Exists… Causally”
“I think, therefore I am”
In his Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes takes it upon himself to cast aside all that he has previously known by finding clear reason for doubt, and he uses his “blank cognitive slate” as a basis for finding certainty. After establishing that our senses deceive us, Descartes must establish something he can claim with certaintyContinueContinue reading ““I think, therefore I am””
On the Acquisition and Ascertainment of Knowledge
Descartes establishes the ideas of intuition, deduction, and enumeration as a set of tools used to acquire knowledge with a significant degree of certainty. However, the definitions of the three ideas are neither mutually exclusive nor exhaustive in their coverage of all knowledge acquisition tactics. These ideas may build upon, overlap, or even oppose eachContinueContinue reading “On the Acquisition and Ascertainment of Knowledge”
SpaceX Internship
https://youtu.be/pbtSTXFuU7w Summer 2022 has been the most educational, exhilarating, and fulfilling 3-month span in my life. Looking up to the stars is a primal instinct. As toddlers, our gazes probably drifted upward towards the night sky before we even knew what to make of what we were seeing. As we begin to comprehend moreContinueContinue reading “SpaceX Internship”
