tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post4746443889323257121..comments2023-10-20T21:46:49.945+08:00Comments on Philippine Commentary: Scientific American on A. Rey Pamatmat's Play On Alan TuringDeany Bocobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-46763386597771724792008-04-18T10:08:00.000+08:002008-04-18T10:08:00.000+08:00hope pamatpat will allow re-production of his play...hope pamatpat will allow re-production of his play in pinas. in vernacular versions to educated the masses of the wonders of science.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-64994320213105623132008-04-17T10:24:00.000+08:002008-04-17T10:24:00.000+08:00Dick really is a competent scientist. It's just wh...Dick really is a competent scientist. It's just when he forays outside of his field of expertise does he sometimes say things that are incredibly, well, bonkers.Jegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11806891595153451306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-66951789437749176112008-04-17T08:37:00.000+08:002008-04-17T08:37:00.000+08:00Ben (Blackshama)You know we'll really have to do a...Ben (Blackshama)<BR/><BR/>You know we'll really have to do a couple of posts on Richard Dawkins. Am sure you've seen his website and the wonderful debates ongoing there. Good thing you reminded of that. Kurt Godel does have a lot to say in this regard. Surprising how little he is understood and debated in the Philippines. Thanks!Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-40514252413545358222008-04-16T16:54:00.000+08:002008-04-16T16:54:00.000+08:00It seems you got the last copy, DJB. Went to Power...It seems you got the last copy, DJB. Went to Powerbooks Greenbelt, and alas...Jegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11806891595153451306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-70258863873967840802008-04-16T16:36:00.000+08:002008-04-16T16:36:00.000+08:00National Bookstore and its subsidiary Powerbooks h...National Bookstore and its subsidiary Powerbooks have at times important works in Science and Philosophy that are priced ridiculously cheap. That's where I bought my Galileo's Dialogo for 250 pesos!<BR/><BR/>BTW Godel's incompleteness theorem is the argument why Richard Dawkins' scientism flops miserably!Ben Vallejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963290696331676531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-58068401853262194682008-04-16T11:06:00.000+08:002008-04-16T11:06:00.000+08:00Mother of pearl, thanks for the tip, DJB.Mother of pearl, thanks for the tip, DJB.Jegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11806891595153451306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-77612195421562630102008-04-16T10:45:00.000+08:002008-04-16T10:45:00.000+08:00There's a beautiful biography of Kurt Godel (my id...There's a beautiful biography of Kurt Godel (my idol!!!) available at Power Books for P99 hardbound pa. Hope I didn't get the last copy though. It contains a very eloquent summary of his proofs, as well as a discussion of his central concern, which Alan Turing only picked up on: Platonism versus logical positivism. Try and get a copy!Deany Bocobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-41214462426529772262008-04-16T10:38:00.000+08:002008-04-16T10:38:00.000+08:00Cool!! Well done. (Im still waiting for Janna Levi...Cool!! Well done. <BR/><BR/>(Im still waiting for Janna Levin's book, A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines to appear on the shelves of Booksale. It's a novel about the parallel lives of Turing and Godel.)Jegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11806891595153451306noreply@blogger.com