Friday, April 23, 2010

Monday, April 19, 2010

Ben Casnocha: The Blog: What Makes Something Interesting?

Ben Casnocha: The Blog: What Makes Something Interesting?

Discussion plus links in comments. Meta ideas about "interestingness", "happiness", "wisdom vs intelligence". I intend to explore this link a bit more...

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

How to Solve a Rubik's Cube (Easy Move Notation) (with pictures) - wikiHow

How to Solve a Rubik's Cube (Easy Move Notation) (with pictures) - wikiHow

This is the 30th anniversary of the cube! My dad loved to play with it and figured out a number of algorithms. This article has a guaranteed way to solve it that's fairly simple. It's not the fastest way but any cube can be solved by grinding it out by "layers"

Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Are We Zeroing In on the Hard Problem of Explaining Consciousness? | h Magazine

Are We Zeroing In on the Hard Problem of Explaining Consciousness? | h Magazine

Consciousness is the “hard problem” in mind science: explaining how the astonishing private world of consciousness emerges from neuronal activity... [there is growing] evidence for the “global workspace theory,” and may also offer clues to the “hard problem” of how patterns of electrical activity give rise to our complex internal lives.