Complexity Science, Marx and Religion

One of the tenets of a religious life is the acknowledgement of the fact that we are not in control; … More

Method in Acting and Science: Why there is no such thing

Growing up in China, with the state television often showing boring programs, I was hooked to our cherished VCR and … More

People can differ a lot on their politics. Some people want free markets, others want government intervention; some want free … More

(A fable on huge amounts of data and why we don’t need models) There was a pig who wanted to … More

Or ‘Why we can’t blame Galileo for the latest financial crisis!’ 🙂 Modern science can be roughly said to begin … More

Studies by neuroscientists have shown that while reading fiction, our brains simulate the action narrated in the text. The information … More

I am usually not at a loss for words (at least while writing). But what can one possibly write about … More

Chomsky’s review of B.F. Skinner’s Verbal Behavior There are two quotes about Chomsky the scientist that I think best describe … More

Herbert Simon: Sciences of the Artificial. This is a review of Herbert Simon’s “Sciences of the Artificial” that I just … More