The Mandelbear's Musings

It has now been a week and a half since anyone outside the household has come into the house; two and a half for all but Colleen's caregiver. The isolation does not seem to have come with an increase in the amount I've been getting done. Contrariwise.

I got almost nothing done yesterday, for which I blame Apollo 13 in Real Time. And a lot of Friday disappeared into Quantum Mechanics: From Realism to Intuitionism (which I only skimmed; a full read would have taken a couple of weeks and at least two textbooks, which I'm not sure I have anymore). See Friday's notes for my path to it via a couple of popularizations. Or attempted popularizations -- it's easy to get something wrong when you don't really understand it. For a fascinating glimpse into intuitionist math, see Questions and Answers about Intuitionism. Probably best to start with the annotated version. Watch out for rabbit holes.

(as the bear emerges half an hour later from yet another rabbit hole) Maybe I ought to stop here. (And do more work on my taxes? Maaaaaaaaaaaybe.)

Does the news make more sense if you assume that the Trumpster is a manifestation of Nyarlathoep? I just thought of that. Maybe I should stop thinking about th

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