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A small anecdote to illustrate why one should stick to one's language when arguing. Continue reading →
If somebody asks you what you are, here is one way to answer. Continue reading →
This is a guest post by Sofia Rasmussen exploring the ramifications of student loan burdens. Continue reading →
Prof. Surya Sethi gave this speech at the World Forum for Ethics in Business - International Leadership Symposium Monday, April 2, 2012 in Singapore. Passionate and eloquent, this speech details some of the shocking truths about the world we live in. A learned expose on the many topics I have tried to bring to my readers, this speech is reproduced on the Unreal Blog with the …
As the world is still feeling the reverberations of the 2008 global financial crisis, a lot of blame has been directed onto subprime lending, and in particular mortgages, as the cause of much of the economic meltdown. However, subprime mortgages … Continue reading →
This last post in the series explains why I believe it is time to say goodbye to Einstein, and why I look forward to how our worldview develops in the light of this CERN discovery of material superluminality. Continue reading →
This second post in my series on the superluminality observed (or suspected) at CERN looks at why we cannot accept it. Continue reading →
When they discovered particles going faster than light at CERN, they didn't want to believe themselves. They were practically begging the rest of the community to find a mistake in this discovery. Why would they do that? This post and its follow ups will try to shed some light on this strange lack of faith. Continue reading →
I just finished writing my first Mac application because I had a specific problem (duplicate imports of photos into my iPhoto Library) to solve. This problem may be fairly common, so I'm making it available (all right, selling it) to the general public. Here is a summary of what it does and how to get it. Continue reading →
I consider myself an accidental writer. Despite the modest success I enjoyed as a published writer and a columnist, writing is not where my talents lie. I wrote my first book because I thought I had something important to say. … Continue reading →
When they discovered particles going faster than light at CERN, they didn't want to believe themselves. They were practically begging the rest of the community to find a mistake in this discovery. Why would they do that? This post and its follow ups will try to shed some light on this strange lack of faith. Continue reading →
This post is an edited version of my responses in a Webinar panel-discussion organized by Wiley-Finance and FinCAD. The freely available Webcast is linked in the post, and contains responses from the other participants -- Paul Wilmott and Espen Huag. An expanded version of this post may later appear as an article in the Wilmott Magazine. Continue reading →
This post is an expanded version of a Web interview regarding my blog. It attempts to answer the question why I blog. And why one should take philosophy seriously. Seriously! Continue reading →
What do you do when you find yourself a sort of captive audience next to your big boss for a couple of minutes? Be careful about the comments you make as smalltalk! Continue reading →
Wondering if our so-called progress is actually a blind march toward chaos an anarchy, I present a slightly disorganized line of thought in this short piece. Continue reading →
Another gem from my email archives... Continue reading →
An invite to a Webinar organized by FinCAD and Wiley Global Finance, featuring Paul Wilmott, Epsen Haug and yours faithfully... Continue reading →
Here is a piece about the weirdness of the English language that I found on the web some twenty years ago. Continue reading →
Here is a story about the quirkiness of this eccentric language. Continue reading →
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