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Real Education hyperlinked references

Seems like I am always referencing Charles Murray and Real Education. I remember reading a review of Real Education that complained that Murray could easily have provided a website that had all his hyperlinked references in it, but did not. So, I started a page with just those references on

A Study in Emerald

The new Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes has elements of supernatural mystery that are reminiscent of Neil Gaiman's short story "A Study in Emerald" from the collection Fragile Things. That story is simply described as "Sherlock Holmes meets the world of H. P. Lovecraft". This

Regular expressions are like Tabasco®

John D Cook posts a link about the overuse of regular expressions. I like the article, but.... I am pretty interested in regular expressions, because I have often had a need for this kind of thing but I laughed at the analogy because I am from Arizona. Overuse of Tabasco

The Value of Libraries

There was a short blurb in the online New York Times about a library in California that closed due to falling tax revenues despite the efforts of Ray Bradbury to save it. Explaining his support of libraries generally and his efforts in Ventura specifically, Mr. Bradbury said in an interview

The End of Science

How's that for a dramatic title? I am actually here talking not about the cessation of science, but rather its purpose. Bruce Charlton wrote another thought provoking editorial, Conscience in Science. Charlton takes his theme from C. S. Lewis' essay, First and Second Things. In that essay,

The Transition to a Traditional Society

Since I have an interest in the metahistorical theories of Spengler and Toynbee, I have an expectation that modernity is close to its natural end. Not forever, just for now, because modernity is not unique, but is something that reoccurs in human history. My friend John Reilly has noted that

Edward Feser on Teleology

At Edward Feser's blog, he talks about the relations between algorithms, information theory, and teleology. He is addressing the question of whether the algorithm-like behavior that we can observe in the natural world means there is purpose in the natural world. This is addressed in Feser's