Editorial notes: The sections “Learning to reading to learn” and “Misc comments on writing” are typical of Shai’s phenomenological journey and his reflection on his own intellectual endeavours and achievements. As explained at length in other places, Shai’s journey has two main components: the first being the domain of knowledge under investigation, be it Philosophy, Science etc; and the second...
Editorial notes: Although Shai refers to Kant in earlier essays, this is the first where he is analysing Kant’s writing and philosophical approach by analysing his “Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics That Will Be Able to Present Itself as a Science” (definitely a mouthful, thus often referred to as Kant’s Prolegomena). Altogether, 23 essays are related to Kant. I severely want to re-read this...
Editorial notes: To understand the Meta paragraph below you need to read Shai’s Priorities post where he discusses his own methodology for researching and acquiring knowledge. The Meta description below is an instance where Shai follows his own – previously documented – methodology. Meta: This is a pseudo-diary of my impressions readings Science 09/08. This was initiated by a...
Editorial notes: This is the first of 51 Evernote entries titled according to the date on which they were written, making this a personal, chronological journal of observations, lessons learned and conclusions, together with an element of diary writing. Synopsis: Today I discover a foreign news service, muse about its benefits, get side-tracked onto developing an open mind. And then finally added...
Editorial notes: In August 2013, Shai starts his fourth blog, entitled “meanwhile-II” which he dedicates to “witticisms, epiphanies, and emotional breakdowns”. The content of this blog reflects a change in Shai’s overall mood, writing style and direction. While his earlier writings are considerate, scientific and outward-looking, his focus now shifts and, while he continues to produce first-class...
Editorial notes: This Essay was found as a ‘draft’ entry in Everything2 and is published here with minor changes. BTW, if you are already here, check out the links in the second line of the title, below. Just hovering over them will give you some insight into Shai’s unique way of thinking and expressing himself. Discovering Geology at the Gariwerd Mountains; or...
Editorial notes: This is one of a number of entries found in Shai’s Evernote archives where he discusses his own methodology for researching and acquiring knowledge, and his preferred methods for storing his notes, taken during that process. Shai devises a system of four tiers of acquiring knowledge. He refers to them as Tier1 to Tier 4. The notes arising from this process of knowledge...
Editorial notes: This Essay was found as a ‘draft’ entry in Everything2. It was last updated on 17/04/2013. Here’s an idea: What if a conspiracy does not need its members to be knowing participants? What next? We could go ahead and define a type of conspiracies as being those entities whose members are unknowing participants (MaUPs) – and these we can call m-conspiracies...
Editorial notes: This is the first in a series of 30 Science News, documented mostly in Evernote between April 2013 and October 2014. Concepts: Neural decoding of dreams. Also: hypnagogic hallucinations. Source: A News and Analysis and an (original research) Report, both in Science (April 5, 2013). History: A 2005 study developed an algorithm that could read fMRI recordings to determine which one...
Editorial notes: In February 2013, Shai adds Evernote to his suite of repositories. This is an application designed specifically for note-taking, organising, task lists and archiving. This proves to be the ideal tool for him to better control his ever-growing research notes, stored primarily up to this point, in handwritten notebooks and documents stored in his Google drive. Between February 2013...
