Daily Archives: June 9, 2012

on Willful ignorance

Is ignorance really bliss or not? Sometimes or never? Becoming well-informed requires some brain work, while remaining unaware, or choosing “Willful ignorance” does not. Conjecture: The less you know, the less you want to know. True or False?     … Continue reading

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Noam Chomsky: Liberal-conservative divide no more than an illusion amongst ordinary Americans

Noam Chomsky website     Two dialectically opposed themes recur during the interview, namely, finance and democracy.     Transcript: PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Now joining us … Continue reading

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Terry Moore: Why is ‘x’ the unknown? #mathchat #maths

Terry Moore: Why is 'x' the unknown?.

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Scott Kim takes apart the art of #puzzles #maths

Scott Kim takes apart the art of puzzles.

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