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  1. Laplace is a real fool to think knowing everything would mean to know places and motion of all particles at certain time.

    What about waves?

    #laplace #agi

  2. Happy birthday Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace (23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827), French mathematical physicist (who incidentally, did invaluable work in geophysics). He was pretty hard-headed and probably didn’t really have any imaginary friends, but nonetheless Laplace’s Demon is my 3rd in the series of Imaginary Friends of Science. 🧵

    minouette.etsy.com/listing/748

    #linocut #printmaking #histsci #Laplace #LaplacesDemon #physics #determinism #ImaginaryFriends #Science #mastoArt

  3. Happy birthday Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace (23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827), French mathematical physicist (who incidentally, did invaluable work in geophysics). He was pretty hard-headed and probably didn’t really have any imaginary friends, but nonetheless Laplace’s Demon is my 3rd in the series of Imaginary Friends of Science. 🧵

    minouette.etsy.com/listing/748

    #linocut #printmaking #histsci #Laplace #LaplacesDemon #physics #determinism #ImaginaryFriends #Science #mastoArt

  4. Episode 5 of “A Small Taste from My New Book” is out!
    Explore the beauty of asymptotic analysis, Laplace integrals, and contour integration.
    cortexdrifter.blogspot.com/202
    If you’re passionate about deep mathematical understanding, check out my books:
    📘 The Riemann Hypothesis Revealed
    📗 The Essential Transform Toolkit
    Both are available on Amazon and written to make advanced concepts accessible and rigorous.
    Let’s keep the conversation going, what’s your favorite contour trick?
    #Mathematics #ComplexAnalysis #Laplace #Asymptotics #MathBooks #AcademicMastodon

  5. Hors Bordeaux tasting notes: Italy and Spain (reds)

    As the first wine releases start to hit La Place de Bordeaux, db‘s Bordeaux correspondent Colin Hay gives his verdict on the Italian and Spanish red wines rolling out in the September campaign.  …
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanWine #SpanishWine #Bordeaux #finewine #HorsBordeaux2025 #italy #LaPlace #laplacedebordeaux #spain #spanishwine #Wine
    diningandcooking.com/2400462/h

  6. Hors Bordeaux tasting notes: Italy and Spain (reds)

    As the first wine releases start to hit La Place de Bordeaux, db‘s Bordeaux correspondent Colin Hay gives his verdict on the Italian and Spanish red wines rolling out in the September campaign.  …
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanWine #SpanishWine #Bordeaux #finewine #HorsBordeaux2025 #italy #LaPlace #laplacedebordeaux #spain #spanishwine #Wine
    diningandcooking.com/2400462/h

  7. When I was a child, I thought the world had things that were true and things that were false, i.e., things were "black and white".

    Things happened to me, including reading "Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid" #Godel #GodelEscherBach, and I realized "Oh! There’s a gray area! (and not only that, the very edges of the gray area are fuzzy!"

    And then I learned about #Bayes (and #Laplace) and realized: "Oh shit! It’s **all** gray!"

    It feels like you **know** some things to be true because have assigned them such high probabilities. So high, they seem certain. Sorry. It’s not actually 1. And always remember: probability is what you **know**; reality is outside of that (just like "is your blue the same as my blue?"). Yes! Your model is good enough to navigate the world and make good decisions; but absolutely don’t confuse that with having no room left to learn.

    I know I said this in a weird way, but keep growing.

  8. There’s a strong urge to believe what you wish instead of what you can prove. Computer rumors are a great example. Many rumors have no basis other than being a feature someone wants. They call it "wish casting".

    We want the world to be black and white. Some given statement is either true or false. But it’s not. Gödel #Godel describes at least three states: true, false, and unprovable (e.g., the statement "This statement is false". Can’t be true or false; it’s unprovable. Maybe there’s a better name.)

    But it’s worse than that.

    In science, a theory isn’t true … it’s just the best explanation we have so far. The whole endeavor of science is to keep finding better explanations. To make good decisions you don’t need the absolute best explanation, just one good enough to guide you to beneficial choices. (I said "prove" before, but to be more accurate I should be talking not about what you can prove, but about what you can’t disprove.)

    #Bayes (really #Laplace) says a given notion isn’t true, it’s actually true-with-some-probability. Each new thing you observe impacts that #Probability. This is the actual math behind the #ScientificMethod. And it’s the truth of the world. Your beliefs must adapt to your observations, constantly, forever.

    If you have unshakable faith in some set of "facts", you’re probably doing it wrong. Even when you’re right, you could be righter.

    Of course, if you don’t adjust your beliefs with new input, if you don’t test, if you have "facts" instead of "very probable theories". If you believe things because of how strongly the person who convinced you believed instead of what they could actually show you. If you believe simply because that’s what your parents taught you. Then, well, you **might** be right (even a stopped clock is right twice a day). But at best you’re not going to make good decisions for yourself, and at worst you’re going to try to tell others what to do based on an inaccurate understanding.

    It’s messy; and that’s just how it is.

  9. Hors Bordeaux Tasting notes: France (reds)

    db‘s Bordeaux correspondent Colin Hay gives his verdict on the French wines (red) from the Loire, Burgundy, île de France, the Rhône and the Occitanie that a…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #FrenchWine #Frenchwine #Bordeaux #Burgundy #finewine #francais #france #French #frenchwine #HorsBordeaux2025 #île-de-france #LaPlace #laplacedebordeaux #Loire #Occitanie #theRhône #Wine
    diningandcooking.com/2295075/h

  10. Hors Bordeaux Tasting notes: France (reds)

    db‘s Bordeaux correspondent Colin Hay gives his verdict on the French wines (red) from the Loire, Burgundy, île de France, the Rhône and the Occitanie that a…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #FrenchWine #Frenchwine #Bordeaux #Burgundy #finewine #francais #france #French #frenchwine #HorsBordeaux2025 #île-de-france #LaPlace #laplacedebordeaux #Loire #Occitanie #theRhône #Wine
    diningandcooking.com/2295075/h

  11. Hors Bordeaux Tasting notes: Chile and Argentina (reds)

    As the first wines releases start to hit La Place de Bordeaux, db’s Bordeaux correspondent Colin Hay gives his verdict on the South American wines rolling out in the September …
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Argentinewine #Argentina #ArgentinianWine #Bordeaux #Chile #finewine #LaPlace #laplacedebordeaux #Wine #WinesfromArgentina #WinesofArgentina
    diningandcooking.com/2265938/h

  12. Hors Bordeaux Tasting notes: Chile and Argentina (reds)

    As the first wines releases start to hit La Place de Bordeaux, db’s Bordeaux correspondent Colin Hay gives his verdict on the South American wines rolling out in the September …
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Argentinewine #Argentina #ArgentinianWine #Bordeaux #Chile #finewine #LaPlace #laplacedebordeaux #Wine #WinesfromArgentina #WinesofArgentina
    diningandcooking.com/2265938/h

  13. 'How good is your Laplace approximation of the Bayesian posterior? Finite-sample computable error bounds for a variety of useful divergences', by Mikołaj J. Kasprzak, Ryan Giordano, Tamara Broderick.

    jmlr.org/papers/v26/24-0619.ht

    #bayesian #posterior #laplace

  14. 'How good is your Laplace approximation of the Bayesian posterior? Finite-sample computable error bounds for a variety of useful divergences', by Mikołaj J. Kasprzak, Ryan Giordano, Tamara Broderick.

    jmlr.org/papers/v26/24-0619.ht

    #bayesian #posterior #laplace

  15. 'Laplace Meets Moreau: Smooth Approximation to Infimal Convolutions Using Laplace's Method', by Ryan J. Tibshirani, Samy Wu Fung, Howard Heaton, Stanley Osher.

    jmlr.org/papers/v26/24-0944.ht

    #convolutions #laplace #approximations

  16. 'Laplace Meets Moreau: Smooth Approximation to Infimal Convolutions Using Laplace's Method', by Ryan J. Tibshirani, Samy Wu Fung, Howard Heaton, Stanley Osher.

    jmlr.org/papers/v26/24-0944.ht

    #convolutions #laplace #approximations

  17. "Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace (23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827)"
    "Sometimes referred to as the French Newton or Newton of France, he has been described as possessing a phenomenal natural mathematical faculty superior to that of almost all of his contemporaries."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-S
    #Laplace #LaplaceTransform

  18. Happy birthday Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace (23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827), French mathematical physicist (who incidentally, did invaluable work in geophysics). He was pretty hard-headed and probably didn’t really have any imaginary friends, but nonetheless Laplace’s Demon is my 3rd in the series of Imaginary Friends of Science. In 1814, when he envisioned an entity such
    ⁠🧵
    #linocut #printmaking #histsci #MastoArt #Laplace #LaplacesDemon #physics #determinism #ImaginaryFriends #Science

  19. Happy birthday Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace (23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827), French mathematical physicist (who incidentally, did invaluable work in geophysics). He was pretty hard-headed and probably didn’t really have any imaginary friends, but nonetheless Laplace’s Demon is my 3rd in the series of Imaginary Friends of Science. In 1814, when he envisioned an entity such
    ⁠🧵
    #linocut #printmaking #histsci #MastoArt #Laplace #LaplacesDemon #physics #determinism #ImaginaryFriends #Science

  20. #Biden said this plant was a #health threat. #Trump dropped a lawsuit against it

    The #DOJ on Friday dropped a landmark lawsuit alleging that #cancer-causing #pollution from a Louisiana #petrochemical plant poses an imminent danger to nearby communities.
    
The lawsuit alleged that the #Denka Performance Elastomer plant in #LaPlace, Louisiana, threatened local residents by releasing unsafe levels of the #toxic chemical #chloroprene.

    #PublicHealth #Climate #law
    washingtonpost.com/climate-env

  21. #Biden said this plant was a #health threat. #Trump dropped a lawsuit against it

    The #DOJ on Friday dropped a landmark lawsuit alleging that #cancer-causing #pollution from a Louisiana #petrochemical plant poses an imminent danger to nearby communities.
    
The lawsuit alleged that the #Denka Performance Elastomer plant in #LaPlace, Louisiana, threatened local residents by releasing unsafe levels of the #toxic chemical #chloroprene.

    #PublicHealth #Climate #law
    washingtonpost.com/climate-env

  22. #Trump’s #DOJ is to drop suit over alleged #cancer-causing #pollution

    #Justice is poised to drop a landmark lawsuit alleging that cancer-causing pollution from a #Louisiana #petrochemical plant poses an imminent danger to nearby communities….
    
The lawsuit alleges that the Denka Performance Elastomer plant in #LaPlace, LA, threatens local residents by releasing unsafe levels of the #toxic #chemical #chloroprene.
    #law #PublicHealth #health #environment #USpol
    washingtonpost.com/climate-env

  23. #Trump’s #DOJ is to drop suit over alleged #cancer-causing #pollution

    #Justice is poised to drop a landmark lawsuit alleging that cancer-causing pollution from a #Louisiana #petrochemical plant poses an imminent danger to nearby communities….
    
The lawsuit alleges that the Denka Performance Elastomer plant in #LaPlace, LA, threatens local residents by releasing unsafe levels of the #toxic #chemical #chloroprene.
    #law #PublicHealth #health #environment #USpol
    washingtonpost.com/climate-env

  24. Voor het eerst sinds jaren noodgedwongen bij #LaPlace. Wat een treurnis zeg. 3,50 voor een smakeloze mini-cappuccino in een ijskoud gebouw. Een eenvoudig koekje kost 3,50. Gaan we niet doen. Met dichtgeknepen neus opdrinken en wegwezen…

  25. Liquid droplets: A physical manifestation of a simulation of a real physical phenomenon for 3D printing. #3dprinting #physics #math #Laplace
    printables.com/model/1027972-l

  26. Liquid droplets: A physical manifestation of a simulation of a real physical phenomenon for 3D printing. #3dprinting #physics #math #Laplace
    printables.com/model/1027972-l

  27. Liquid droplets: A physical manifestation of a simulation of a real physical phenomenon for 3D printing. #3dprinting #physics #math #Laplace

    printables.com/model/1027972-l

  28. Liquid droplets: A physical manifestation of a simulation of a real physical phenomenon for 3D printing. #3dprinting #physics #math #Laplace

    printables.com/model/1027972-l

  29. 𝗟𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲: 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗸𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝘇𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱

    Restaurantketen La Place wordt door eigenaar Jumbo op afstand gezet, mogelijk een eerste stap naar verkoop. Ooit was het horecabedrijf de glanzende parel in de kroon van warenhuisgigant V&D, nu is het een zorgenkind. Hoe kon het ooit succesvolle La Place zo door het ijs zakken?

    rtlnieuws.nl/economie/bedrijve

    #LaPlace #parel #zorgenkind

  30. 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗷𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘃𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗮𝗿 𝗟𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲-𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗮𝘁

    Cateraar Vermaat, onder meer de eigenaar van 41 restaurants van La Place met 1200 medewerkers, leed vorig jaar een verlies van ruim 23 miljoen euro. Dat blijkt uit de meest recente jaarrekening van het bedrijf.

    rtlnieuws.nl/economie/bedrijve

    #Miljoenenverlies #LaPlace #Vermaat

  31. Side porch seen through window, Woodland Plantation House, LaPlace, Louisiana.

    Photo by Infrogmation of New Orleans.

    #Lousiana #LaPlace #WindowFriday #porch #FensterFreitag

  32. Als #Agnostiker muss ich sagen. Gibt es #Gott 🤔 keine Ahnung 🤷 maybe, maybe not
    Um Blaise Pascal zu zitieren "…diese Hypothese ist in meinen gleichungen nicht relevant"

    Nee warte mal das war #Laplace 🤦 🤣