Sean Carroll

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20 October 2026 17:20

I remain convinced that the most prestigious honor in the hospitality industry is the annual prize for Clever Way to Hide the Hair Dryer So They Will Never Find It.

Rorty QOTD

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20 October 2026 17:19

To be imaginative, as opposed to being merely fantastical, is to do something new and to be lucky enough to have that novelty be adopted by one's fellow humans, incorporated into their social practices. Phil as Poetry p.4 #Pragmatism #Rorty #Imagination

Santa Fe Institute

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19 October 2026 15:04

Mathematical proof dates back to Euclid in 300 BCE, yet little is known about what happens in the mind when humans solve proofs. This week, an SFI working group brought together mathematicians, cognitive scientists, computer scientists, and philosophers to ask what it means to understand a proof.

Rorty QOTD

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19 October 2026 14:53

We need to think of imagination not as the faculty that produces visual or auditory images but as a combination of novelty and luck. Phil as Poetry p.4 #Pragmatism #Rorty #Imagination

Rorty QOTD

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16 October 2026 14:49

Before we can rid ourselves of ontology we are going to have to get rid of the idea of nonlinguistic access. Phil as Poetry p.4 #Pragmatism #Rorty #Ontology