Archive for July, 2009
Anti-Inductive Logic
As part of my continuing interest in logic, here’s a rather curious result.
Some of you are probably familiar with so-called “inductive logic”, which is usually framed more or less as something like:
If something is true for the first n instances, then it is true for the n+1 th instance.
Now, such a rule cannot be part [...]
Ants
Some of you might know of my continuing defense against ant invaders.
Now, at least the ants around here are relatively friendly, but for their sake, it’s better if they stay outside in the sunny Southern California weather. Nevertheless, they rather enjoy the indoor life: the shade, the water, and the sleeping late in bed.
Sure enough, [...]