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Language, Computers, and Philosophy
Pravesh Koirala - Language, Computers, and PhilosophyYou could have invented PageRank - Pravesh KoiralaPicture this, the year is 1996. You find yourself frustrated with the incumbent search engines like AltaVista, which primarily does a content-based search (it'll give you an article on "Hotels for Chickens" if you search "Hotels" because the word matches). There's gotta be a better way, right? Well, in hindsight, of course. Sergey Brin and
That is a remarkable form of intelligence.
Most people are lazy, and worse, ignorant. Ignorant of the fact that the way they understand something is not how other people understand it. There can be language barriers, context gaps, the curse of
Pravesh Koirala - Language, Computers, and PhilosophyDo you understand what I’m saying? - Pravesh KoiralaEdward Teller once said, “Von Neumann would carry on a conversation with my 3-year-old son, and the two of them would talk as equals…” He added that he sometimes wondered whether von Neumann used the same principle when speaking to everyone else. That is a remarkable form of intelligence. Most people are lazy, and worse,
Pravesh Koirala - Language, Computers, and PhilosophyThe democratization of education. - Pravesh KoiralaI had this interesting debate with my wife on what the future of education might look like as we navigate forth in this information age. We've seen the internet democratize many traditionally monolithic institutions. Radio programs of the yore are now podcasts that anyone can create. You no longer need to be a part of
True to its name, it successfully managed to derail me from whatever it was that I was doing. The problem itself is quite curious, we have to find resistance between two points in an infinite lattice of ideal 1-ohm resistors.
Do not be fooled by the innocuous structure of the problem. It is, in fact, quite tricky, and true to its name, has the potential to Nerd-Snipe
Pravesh Koirala - Language, Computers, and PhilosophySolving the Nerd-Sniping Problem: When Electronics meets Heat! - Pravesh KoiralaI recently stumbled upon this exciting problem from XKCD, aptly named as the Nerd-Sniping Problem: True to its name, it successfully managed to derail me from whatever it was that I was doing. The problem itself is quite curious, we have to find resistance between two points in an infinite lattice of ideal 1-ohm resistors.
The answer is not immediately obvious. Indeed, word problems in these forms are not only long-winded but also prone to misinterpretation. I may have wanted to ask you something but you may
Pravesh Koirala - Language, Computers, and Philosophy100 pages vs 11 words. - Pravesh KoiralaHow difficult is it to find a solution for something like this: "Mary baked some breads. For each bread, she boiled the same (as the bread) number of eggs. For each egg, she made the same (as the bread) number of pickles. If the total number of food items on the table is 39, how
Pravesh Koirala - Language, Computers, and PhilosophyYet another explanation for the Monty-Hall problem - Pravesh KoiralaI assume that you know what a Monty-Hall problem is. It's a problem that's always fun to argue about, especially an uninitiated friend or acquaintance. But each time you discuss the solution with someone who's adamant that it just doesn't make sense, just keep in mind that even Paul Erdos got it wrong. We're mortals,
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Why Kalman Filters?
Kalman filters are ingenius. If you have never heard of them, then a very intuitive (and arguablyPravesh Koirala - Language, Computers, and PhilosophyA non-mathematical introduction to Kalman Filters for programmers - Pravesh KoiralaRead my manifesto on Code as an alternative to Mathematics. Code for this article can be found on this Colab Notebook should you choose to follow along. Why Kalman Filters? Kalman filters are ingenius. If you have never heard of them, then a very intuitive (and arguably reductive) way to think about them is to
Pravesh Koirala - Language, Computers, and PhilosophyManifesto: Code as an alternative to Mathematics - Pravesh KoiralaFor sure, many of the natural phenomena as well as logical arguments are best described using Mathematics. This is not merely because Mathematics is precise, concise, expressive, and powerful, but also because there is a plethora of mathematical tools of analysis (Probability, Calculus, Statistics, Linear Algebra, Number Theory, and the likes) readily available and anyone
I begin with Dispersion, more precisely, Seed Dispersion: the
Pravesh Koirala - Language, Computers, and PhilosophyTeenage Rebellion is just Wind - Pravesh KoiralaAnyone who has undergone the process can tell you that teenagers are surly, distant, reckless, and most important of all, immensely abhorrent to critical feedback, especially from their parents. While this can indeed be difficult for the parents who think of their children as the same sweet darling of the yonder years, a scientific reconciliation
Some of the arguments on whether God is omnipotent asks questions that are inherently an impossibility. For instance, can God create a square circle? This is, at first glance, an unachievable task which would suggest that no, not even God can create square circles because if it’s a circle, it’s not a square, and vice-versa, which would then mean that God can’t do everything and thus, is not omnipotent. But is that really so?
Before I expand on this, I’d like to clarify
Pravesh Koirala - Language, Computers, and PhilosophyCan god create square circles? - Pravesh KoiralaShort answer: yes. Some of the arguments on whether God is omnipotent asks questions that are inherently an impossibility. For instance, can God create a square circle? This is, at first glance, an unachievable task which would suggest that no, not even God can create square circles because if it's a circle, it's not a