Comments on: All roads lead to Rome; or, how and why Nature abhors singularities; or, some pitfalls of causality http://thetarpit.org/2022/all-roads-lead-to-rome-or-how-and-why-nature-abhors-singularities-or-some-pitfalls-of-causality "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:51:24 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 By: Nature and technology « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2022/all-roads-lead-to-rome-or-how-and-why-nature-abhors-singularities-or-some-pitfalls-of-causality#comment-3932 Nature and technology « The Tar Pit Sat, 04 Mar 2023 22:18:22 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=464#comment-3932 [...] they gave 'em breads and circuses back in the days of Rome, do you think that folks felt that they adhered wholeheartedly to the sacred principles of their [...] [...] they gave 'em breads and circuses back in the days of Rome, do you think that folks felt that they adhered wholeheartedly to the sacred principles of their [...]

]]> By: What is a social network? « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2022/all-roads-lead-to-rome-or-how-and-why-nature-abhors-singularities-or-some-pitfalls-of-causality#comment-3101 What is a social network? « The Tar Pit Tue, 27 Sep 2022 19:40:15 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=464#comment-3101 [...] technical nor technological by any means. It is not a platform and it is nothing so particular as a star topology -- the star topology is indeed a particular structure of networks (in general), but let us not [...] [...] technical nor technological by any means. It is not a platform and it is nothing so particular as a star topology -- the star topology is indeed a particular structure of networks (in general), but let us not [...]

]]> By: On intellectual feudalism « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2022/all-roads-lead-to-rome-or-how-and-why-nature-abhors-singularities-or-some-pitfalls-of-causality#comment-3004 On intellectual feudalism « The Tar Pit Sun, 18 Sep 2022 16:17:06 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=464#comment-3004 [...] of dependencies has evolved necessarily towards a star topology -- and from this point of view, ancient Rome pales in comparison to the situation today. Let's leave aside for a moment the simple fact that [...] [...] of dependencies has evolved necessarily towards a star topology -- and from this point of view, ancient Rome pales in comparison to the situation today. Let's leave aside for a moment the simple fact that [...]

]]> By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2022/all-roads-lead-to-rome-or-how-and-why-nature-abhors-singularities-or-some-pitfalls-of-causality#comment-2723 spyked Sat, 06 Aug 2022 16:29:34 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=464#comment-2723 > Consider keeping such regular records. I used to keep daily records (simply for the sake of keeping them) for a while a couple of years ago, but then I stopped because some days I just didn't have anything to say. Then again, consider the latest <a href="http://thetarpit.org/2022/politics-and-the-english-language-annotated" rel="nofollow">string of words</a> -- I worked on it daily for quite a while, so it's not like my mind was dead in the meanwhile, it was just working in the background. > Consider keeping such regular records.

I used to keep daily records (simply for the sake of keeping them) for a while a couple of years ago, but then I stopped because some days I just didn't have anything to say.

Then again, consider the latest string of words -- I worked on it daily for quite a while, so it's not like my mind was dead in the meanwhile, it was just working in the background.

]]> By: Verisimilitude http://thetarpit.org/2022/all-roads-lead-to-rome-or-how-and-why-nature-abhors-singularities-or-some-pitfalls-of-causality#comment-2709 Verisimilitude Thu, 04 Aug 2022 03:55:44 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=464#comment-2709 That's an interesting perspective in the first paragraph. I consider my Gopher hole and website to be distinct from my regular records of my days; those daily records are mechanical for later reflection and computation, and my public writings are entirely distinct, even intended for an audience. Consider keeping such regular records. <blockquote>More importantly yet, that so-called "physical" environment includes you, from which emerges the trivial observation that whatever action you apply upon your external world, "it" isn't changed by your action more than "it changes" you.</blockquote> This and the related ideas are relevant, because I did notice my behaviour change after I took daily regular records for years. My behaviour changed to make it easier to record, amongst other changes, although I stopped seeing this as poor form long ago. That's an interesting perspective in the first paragraph. I consider my Gopher hole and website to be distinct from my regular records of my days; those daily records are mechanical for later reflection and computation, and my public writings are entirely distinct, even intended for an audience. Consider keeping such regular records.

More importantly yet, that so-called "physical" environment includes you, from which emerges the trivial observation that whatever action you apply upon your external world, "it" isn't changed by your action more than "it changes" you.

This and the related ideas are relevant, because I did notice my behaviour change after I took daily regular records for years. My behaviour changed to make it easier to record, amongst other changes, although I stopped seeing this as poor form long ago.

]]> By: Causes of trouble in the modern world « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2022/all-roads-lead-to-rome-or-how-and-why-nature-abhors-singularities-or-some-pitfalls-of-causality#comment-2681 Causes of trouble in the modern world « The Tar Pit Sat, 30 Jul 2022 08:14:59 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=464#comment-2681 [...] I -- as I was previously saying -- cursorily reviewed my old blog, which led me among others to an old article where I was attempting to superficially [...] [...] I -- as I was previously saying -- cursorily reviewed my old blog, which led me among others to an old article where I was attempting to superficially [...]

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