Project Armannd

Last night there was a power failure in my neighborhood. I was writing some emails on my desktop computer when all of sudden the power went down. Total darkness followed. And because the hour was pretty late (3 in the morning) I decided not to wait until the power comes back and I have gone [...]

A conversation is communication by two or more people, or sometimes with one’s self, on a particular topic. Conversations are the ideal form of communication in some respects, because they allow people with different views on a topic to learn from each other.

Paul Grice, a British-educated philosopher of language who spent the final two decades [...]

“There are these four ways of answering questions. Which four? There are questions that should be answered categorically [straightforwardly yes, no, this, that]. There are questions that should be answered with an analytical (qualified) answer [defining or redefining the terms]. There are questions that should be answered with a counter-question. There are questions that should [...]

Setting goals is an important step towards success, but there is one logical step that comes before. That step consists in finding out what is your current position.

Part of knowing where you are consists in knowing where your beliefs and faith lie. This post is the second in that direction (the first one is [...]

In the famous sci-fi movie “The Matrix,” there’s a scene where the female heroine, Trinity, learns to fly a helicopter by uploading instructions straight to her brain. Neuro-scientists would have to master that trick so that they could help patients suffering from brain injuries and diseases.
Scientific progress already allows scientists to tackle all the aspects [...]