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  • Monty Hall explained in two sentences

    Since the host will never open a door with the car behind it, the remaining door will have a car behind it in exactly those cases where you originally pick a door with a goat behind it. Since there is a 2/3 chance of you originally picking a door with a goat behind it, there →

  • Notes on the Genesis Prologue and Leviticus

    I don’t have a track record for writing blog posts particularly frequently, but even if we take this into account my output over the past few months has been less than usual. The reason for this is that I’ve been working on bigger projects, two of which I’d like to share here. I lead a →

  • A simple matter made complex

    Alice: I just bought a shelf from Ikea. Bob: Strictly speaking, you bought the matter of a shelf from Ikea. Alice: Well, that’s the thing that matters, isn’t it? 😛 Bob: Not really, since it’s the form that makes the matter a shelf. Alice: That’s a different matter entirely, I was just — Bob: Not →

  • A web of links

    I’ve been working on a number of larger projects over the past few months, and so haven’t had the opportunity to post anything in a while. I hope to be finishing up with some of these in the next few weeks. In the meantime, I’ve collected a number of interesting links (mostly videos) for your →

  • New blog title

    I’ve just changed the name of this blog from “//Roland’s Comments” to “Thinking Thought Out”. I’ve also changed the tag line from “Theology, Philosophy, Mathematics, Computer Science” to the quote from GK Chesterton that inspired the new name. I originally started this blog thinking I’d write about my four interests previously listed. On reflection, I’ve →

  • New resources page

    I’ve added a new resources page to the blog. I’ll be updating it as I find new resources on various topics. I’ll try write posts that keep readers updated about new resources appearing. →

  • Plans for a blog

    I’m still deciding whether or not to actually maintain a blog. But if i were to maintain this blog it would contain things about my main interests: Theology Philosophy Apologetics Computer Science Pure Mathematics And why not start big? I’m thinking of starting a series of posts dealing with God’s providence. Assuming I maintain this →