writings

I have no writings that I'm proud of.

My Master's thesis was based on a crazy idea, although I like:
* section 2.5: identifies physics theories with formal theories, and defines theory combination
* Section 3.3.3, and its huge wonderful footnote (possibly bigger than the non-footnote part): this is about why theoretical models are more explanatory than empirical models. The answer is unification. Having a story is better than having a mysterious parameter. Things get complex when we mix these, or
* Chapter 9: shows my cute equational reasoner being used to combine formal theories, although it needs human help due to its ignorance of geometry.
I could have done something interesting about idealizations, approximations, and how scientists use models *as* approximations.


Some topics I'd like to write an essay on:

* foundations of physics: paradoxes of entropy (Cosma)
* information theory 1
* biases in prediction markets: namely about events that affect investors utility: time preference, things that affect their probability of death, etc.


I should also make a big Venn diagram and put it on my website, showing the following sets:
* ideas that I'm interested in
* ideas that other people are interested in
* ideas that are feasible