Sarbi
@philymathy.bsky.social
Mathematician-Philosopher in training
Just watched a documentary titled "Israelism" and it really reminded me that real human beings are doing these indescribably horrible things to other human beings.
Perhaps the moving image format helped.
I was sad. Please oh please can we rid ourselves of the tendencies to perform these acts.
Perhaps the moving image format helped.
I was sad. Please oh please can we rid ourselves of the tendencies to perform these acts.
July 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Just watched a documentary titled "Israelism" and it really reminded me that real human beings are doing these indescribably horrible things to other human beings.
Perhaps the moving image format helped.
I was sad. Please oh please can we rid ourselves of the tendencies to perform these acts.
Perhaps the moving image format helped.
I was sad. Please oh please can we rid ourselves of the tendencies to perform these acts.
I'm reading Gilles Chatelet, and some of his introductory thoughts w.r.t. mobile abstractions, measures of virtuality, and spatium, are compelling. But then he attempts to do some philosophy, taking basic dynamics and motion equations as a priori.
I'm constantly thinking - Why?
I'm constantly thinking - Why?
April 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I'm reading Gilles Chatelet, and some of his introductory thoughts w.r.t. mobile abstractions, measures of virtuality, and spatium, are compelling. But then he attempts to do some philosophy, taking basic dynamics and motion equations as a priori.
I'm constantly thinking - Why?
I'm constantly thinking - Why?
Why is Mathstodon not more popular??
Is it just my feed? Or has it not taken off yet?
Is it just my feed? Or has it not taken off yet?
March 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Why is Mathstodon not more popular??
Is it just my feed? Or has it not taken off yet?
Is it just my feed? Or has it not taken off yet?
If PTSD can be in the zeitgeist, then so can biophilia
March 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
If PTSD can be in the zeitgeist, then so can biophilia
The writing style of the popular 19th century political economist has a raw moving energy, that I don't find in political writing that is meant to be raw and moving.
"The revolution needs bread" is such a powerful statement
"The revolution needs bread" is such a powerful statement
March 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The writing style of the popular 19th century political economist has a raw moving energy, that I don't find in political writing that is meant to be raw and moving.
"The revolution needs bread" is such a powerful statement
"The revolution needs bread" is such a powerful statement
Short stories that are connected either because of shared character, or experience are a nice cosmos to test the replicability of your philosophical idea.
Perhaps toss it around, and try to create complete stories
Perhaps toss it around, and try to create complete stories
March 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Short stories that are connected either because of shared character, or experience are a nice cosmos to test the replicability of your philosophical idea.
Perhaps toss it around, and try to create complete stories
Perhaps toss it around, and try to create complete stories
I was introduced to possibilities of critiquing the Darwin-Hobbes universal war intellectual regime with Lynn Margulis, but turns out the anarchists were talking about this a long time ago.
Margulis and anarchists aren't saying the same thing, but critiquing the same thing
Margulis and anarchists aren't saying the same thing, but critiquing the same thing
March 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I was introduced to possibilities of critiquing the Darwin-Hobbes universal war intellectual regime with Lynn Margulis, but turns out the anarchists were talking about this a long time ago.
Margulis and anarchists aren't saying the same thing, but critiquing the same thing
Margulis and anarchists aren't saying the same thing, but critiquing the same thing
Perhaps we need to pay more attention to the Lvov Warsaw school?
March 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Perhaps we need to pay more attention to the Lvov Warsaw school?
Just finished Infinite Jest, and it left me wondering about what beauty actually means, and precisely why I thought Foster Wallace's linguistic experiment was "beautiful".
I don't know why it's so good.
- Sarbi, London, Year of the Oddly Smelling TESCO Pasta Sauce
I don't know why it's so good.
- Sarbi, London, Year of the Oddly Smelling TESCO Pasta Sauce
March 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Just finished Infinite Jest, and it left me wondering about what beauty actually means, and precisely why I thought Foster Wallace's linguistic experiment was "beautiful".
I don't know why it's so good.
- Sarbi, London, Year of the Oddly Smelling TESCO Pasta Sauce
I don't know why it's so good.
- Sarbi, London, Year of the Oddly Smelling TESCO Pasta Sauce
Reading this book called "Art Sex Music" about the British artist Cosey Tutti who worked from the 70s onward. The description she gives of an artists life feels more staccato than continuous at times, but it seems to marge into banality, only to explode again in moments that define the new staccato.
December 18, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Reading this book called "Art Sex Music" about the British artist Cosey Tutti who worked from the 70s onward. The description she gives of an artists life feels more staccato than continuous at times, but it seems to marge into banality, only to explode again in moments that define the new staccato.
Recently found out about the History Workshop movement, and Raphael Samuel.
Sounds cool and I want to know more
Sounds cool and I want to know more
December 13, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Recently found out about the History Workshop movement, and Raphael Samuel.
Sounds cool and I want to know more
Sounds cool and I want to know more
Christian theologians, after Augustine thought that the earth was 6,004 years old.
That's like someone scheduling a meeting at 7:23 in the morning.
Oddly specific
That's like someone scheduling a meeting at 7:23 in the morning.
Oddly specific
December 13, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Christian theologians, after Augustine thought that the earth was 6,004 years old.
That's like someone scheduling a meeting at 7:23 in the morning.
Oddly specific
That's like someone scheduling a meeting at 7:23 in the morning.
Oddly specific
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So much rent seeking while the world burns
December 13, 2024 at 5:33 AM
So much rent seeking while the world burns
If an animal were to think, without access to physics and narrativized linear history, how old would they think the world is?
December 13, 2024 at 11:10 AM
If an animal were to think, without access to physics and narrativized linear history, how old would they think the world is?
It's so funny that the "Mystery of the Sardine" imagines an order of palmists who are backed intellectually by a woman who studied phenomenology instead of the greeks
December 10, 2024 at 12:18 PM
It's so funny that the "Mystery of the Sardine" imagines an order of palmists who are backed intellectually by a woman who studied phenomenology instead of the greeks
Mathematics is decentering its own language, and is a model for similar practices in our discourse, particularly politics.
For example, generalizations of Triangle Inequalities in analysis, are still called the Triangle Inequality, even though this has no meaning in higher dimensions
For example, generalizations of Triangle Inequalities in analysis, are still called the Triangle Inequality, even though this has no meaning in higher dimensions
December 9, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Mathematics is decentering its own language, and is a model for similar practices in our discourse, particularly politics.
For example, generalizations of Triangle Inequalities in analysis, are still called the Triangle Inequality, even though this has no meaning in higher dimensions
For example, generalizations of Triangle Inequalities in analysis, are still called the Triangle Inequality, even though this has no meaning in higher dimensions
Modality, as I learn more and more about it, still is on the razor's edge between artificiality and an objective study of logic in natural language.
Of course I agree that it is the latter, almost purely because modality isn't something that is accepted as intellectually influential on the outside
Of course I agree that it is the latter, almost purely because modality isn't something that is accepted as intellectually influential on the outside
December 9, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Modality, as I learn more and more about it, still is on the razor's edge between artificiality and an objective study of logic in natural language.
Of course I agree that it is the latter, almost purely because modality isn't something that is accepted as intellectually influential on the outside
Of course I agree that it is the latter, almost purely because modality isn't something that is accepted as intellectually influential on the outside
I just found out that Reza Negarestani also studied Mathematics in university.
That adds to a very long list of mathematicians turned philosophers.
That adds to a very long list of mathematicians turned philosophers.
December 9, 2024 at 8:28 AM
I just found out that Reza Negarestani also studied Mathematics in university.
That adds to a very long list of mathematicians turned philosophers.
That adds to a very long list of mathematicians turned philosophers.
I've observed that for an outsider, understanding what "Theory" (the generalization of philosophy, critical theory, etc.) means is pretty hard.
In its most infantile understanding, it's thought for thought's sake.
In its most infantile understanding, it's thought for thought's sake.
December 9, 2024 at 8:18 AM
I've observed that for an outsider, understanding what "Theory" (the generalization of philosophy, critical theory, etc.) means is pretty hard.
In its most infantile understanding, it's thought for thought's sake.
In its most infantile understanding, it's thought for thought's sake.
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Just planning the work trip.
November 15, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Just planning the work trip.
I find myself reducing the Magic and the Occult into the human (limited information processor), being faced with a finite information (generating) process that has reached a level of information density, that is not easily recognizable, and therefore is now a categorical monster
December 8, 2024 at 10:58 AM
I find myself reducing the Magic and the Occult into the human (limited information processor), being faced with a finite information (generating) process that has reached a level of information density, that is not easily recognizable, and therefore is now a categorical monster
One thought that Adaptation (2001) was a great piece of meta fiction.
But, has anyone cared to notice this brilliantly written episode by the Amelia Project. Find it here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5Q50...
But, has anyone cared to notice this brilliantly written episode by the Amelia Project. Find it here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5Q50...
Episode 9 - Percy
The Amelia Project · Episode
open.spotify.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:53 AM
One thought that Adaptation (2001) was a great piece of meta fiction.
But, has anyone cared to notice this brilliantly written episode by the Amelia Project. Find it here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5Q50...
But, has anyone cared to notice this brilliantly written episode by the Amelia Project. Find it here:
open.spotify.com/episode/5Q50...
It's amazing that access to intellectual community has reached this stage. I couldn't be prouder sitting here at this time, in front of my laptop, alone in my room, in complete silence... oh wait...
Jokes aside, thank you for this!
Jokes aside, thank you for this!
Hi all, I've made a starter park of historians of the body - please shout if you'd like to be added/removed. I was in a rush so haven't added everyone yet! go.bsky.app/T5KnJ51 🗃️
December 8, 2024 at 10:34 AM
It's amazing that access to intellectual community has reached this stage. I couldn't be prouder sitting here at this time, in front of my laptop, alone in my room, in complete silence... oh wait...
Jokes aside, thank you for this!
Jokes aside, thank you for this!
A friend recently asked me, after having heard that I attend the occasional Marxist meeting, asked "Why do you even like Marxism"
I gave her the usual spiel - continued relevance of dialectical materialism, Marx's analytical method on history, class struggle, animating power of labour and so on..
I gave her the usual spiel - continued relevance of dialectical materialism, Marx's analytical method on history, class struggle, animating power of labour and so on..
December 8, 2024 at 10:24 AM
A friend recently asked me, after having heard that I attend the occasional Marxist meeting, asked "Why do you even like Marxism"
I gave her the usual spiel - continued relevance of dialectical materialism, Marx's analytical method on history, class struggle, animating power of labour and so on..
I gave her the usual spiel - continued relevance of dialectical materialism, Marx's analytical method on history, class struggle, animating power of labour and so on..
Stefan Themerson's semantic poetry is one of those "right in front of your face" concepts. It doesn't strike one as non trivial at first.
It involves translating statements by the literal definition or each term. His poems (including one about the Netherlands) show a depth of "simple" intellect.
It involves translating statements by the literal definition or each term. His poems (including one about the Netherlands) show a depth of "simple" intellect.
December 8, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Stefan Themerson's semantic poetry is one of those "right in front of your face" concepts. It doesn't strike one as non trivial at first.
It involves translating statements by the literal definition or each term. His poems (including one about the Netherlands) show a depth of "simple" intellect.
It involves translating statements by the literal definition or each term. His poems (including one about the Netherlands) show a depth of "simple" intellect.