Muslim extremists are focusing on the West. That’s the background idea in many conversations. That’s not right.
Foreign Affairs
Terrorism Focus
Reasoning, Science
Heating Electricity Usage
I was surprised. This chart of our electricity usage by average outside temperature shows a wide variance in our usage at the same temperature.
Mental Perspective
Morality Absolute or Relative
It’s essential to understand that there are relative and absolute moralities contending in our decision-making. Which shall rule – personal conscience or societal dictates?
Reasoning, Science
Home Electric Use and MATLAB
The MATLAB scatterplot clearly shows at low temperatures (towards the left), the most electricity is consumed (data points higher).
Constitution
Free Speech, Fake News, and Mindset
Good citizens mustn’t have their mindset led astray by free speech opinions, unconnected to facts. Good political choices arise from true facts and informed opinion.
Science
Elliptical Orbits and Center of Mass
The planets’ orbitals are elliptical because astronomical measurements are made to the center of the sun rather than the center of mass of the system.
Science
MATLAB Excursion
My MATLAB excursion, followed a break with a week in the White Mountains and another week at Old Orchard Beach. I found it hard to get directly back to editing my Mental Construction (MC) web site. Hardware Search To ease back into thinking about neural network processing in the brain, I searched…
Reading, Writing Craft
Speed of a Novel. Middlemarch
More action with shorter sequels is the rule in commercial fiction these days, but I mustn’t forget that the sequels must be full enough to make the skein of actions sensibly linked.
Learning
Can we increase our IQ
An extra year of compulsory schooling added 3.7 IQ points.
Writing Craft
Words and Writing
What else accounts for the difference most of us experience between the vigor of our speech and the difficulty of our writing?
