Looking for that nudge
by alexis clancy
Much of my reflections have led me to conclude that a bias does exist in this universe. Moreover, I feel that it is a bias toward process. I can see how those can attribute much to intelligent design. I can also see how there are those who attribute much to absolute randomness. My own view is that it is incompleteness in a topological model that permits this movement (this is one of the core assertions of my theory).
morepublished 30 April 2009 / no comments yet
Goethe’s Theory on Colour (1810)… Which isn’t really a theory…
by alexis clancy
First off, it is important to discern why Goethe’s theory isn’t really a theory; strictly, a theory is strictly axiom based – the weakness therein fundamentally expose in the 1930’s by Kurt Gödel.
In this article, I look to Goethe’s attitude (as opposed to his conclusions). Goethe hated mathematics, the bricks and mortar of pre-modernist theory building. As opposed to developing axioms and then imposing them to the natural world (a la Newton), Goethe looked to the phenomena first
published 20 March 2009 / no comments yet
The Blue Key; The H-Factor
by alexis clancy
As some artists can only think in bronze, I can only think in blue. If a felt Pilot Fineliner Blue pen does not come to hand when I am disposed to making a few notes it can comfortably take me an hour to come to terms with the impasse and soldier on with some other tool. This is why I buy the PFB’s in threes.
I adopt the same strategy when buying Rizzla Blue cigarette papers. As with the pens, always in threes. Despite interchange of garment, over time, I tend always to have the desired about my person.
published 9 March 2009 / no comments yet
mobius halo
by alexis clancy
Although I do not go in much for fortune telling per se, I am fascinated by the imagery and symbolism employed by the Tarot. The Möbius halo above the Magician’s head confers kingship over the suits of the minor arcane; namely cups (hearts), swords (spades), wands (clubs) and pentacles (diamonds).
morepublished 21 February 2009 / no comments yet
ninety six plus one
by Alexis Clancy
How slowly knowledge is accrued
How quickly it can be imparted
With a gesture
morepublished 8 December 2008 / no comments yet
The Epistemology of Proof and the Human Appendix
by alexis clancy
Unfortunately, there is a serious drawback to being a front-liner in this sort of game. Latent epistemologies still abound and there is nothing to suggest that there are any others. In a real sense, it is a matter of style and the role of iconoclast can be very unforgiving in a human sense.
morepublished 1 October 2008 / 1 comment(s) with 0 new
sustainable delusion
by alexis clancy
I have embraced the incompleteness of my thesis not only for the sake of necessity, but from the point of permitting dynamism and evolution in my work. I breathe in, I breathe out. Onwards and upwards.
morepublished 8 April 2008 / 1 comment(s) with 0 new
symmetry breaking, complexity, simplicity and comedy
by alexis clancy
There are two types of breaking – explicit and spontaneous. To me, the distinction is this: explicit symmetry breaking is when you are kind of expecting the phenomenon and spontaneous symmetry breaking is when you are kind of not expecting the phenomenon…
morepublished 6 March 2008 / 4 comment(s) with 0 new
theory building and ethics
by Alexis Clancy
It was the creation of the first platform. From an ethical concern, it was focused on the creation of a new language so that one to another could formally communicate what one saw when one was beholding and being beheld by the abyss.
morepublished 28 January 2008 / 4 comment(s) with 0 new
on theory building....
by alexis clancy
Logic as tool, not master.
Would I worship a hammer?
published 7 January 2008 / 2 comment(s) with 0 new
theory building
by editor
Mathematician, philosopher and autodidact Alexis Clancy is our guide on a rock’n‘roll tour of the art and sciences of model building. By “model” we mean models of reality. By “building” we mean constructing concepts and theories that explain our world and its laws. By “explain” we actually mean create, ie organise our perceptions of our world, ie make sense of it, ie construct a model in our minds of how the world is and then live our lives according to that model. If you are frightened of maths, then this is a very entertaining way to have the pants scared off you.
morepublished 1 January 2008 / no comments yet