Maestro

sometimes people find you.

sunday, i saw a documentary about henri cartier-bresson. i must admit i had never heard about him: photography has never been an interest for me.
but his photographs were mesmerizing.
when, walking in the city center, thinking about decisive moments and how to picture them, i stopped in front of an exhibition. it was about photography. it was about henri cartier-bresson. from never heard before, to be met twice in a day. shouldn’t we follow coincidences?

i like his philosophy: photograph is like an instant painting. the most important thing is the instant: the “decisive moment”.

even if he was a reporter, he was convinced that reporting is not art. it’s too much about informing. it’s for everyone. art is different, for few should like it.

his photos inspired many people.

Nature

TRN, Bell Labs and USA Today report an amazing news (well, not very new to be honest, but it is for me!).

apparently, Nature has invented what i’m studying ways before humans… this silicon-based little sponge produces (god knows how…) silicon filaments, very similar to optical fibers used in the telecommunication industry. two things are particularly amazing:

1. the little thing is made of silicon, not carbon! it reminds me of an x-files episode…
2. the filament is produced at “room temperature” (where “room” means the bottom of the mediterranean sea), not at high temperature like human-made optical fibers. this means that other substances, which would help light to propagate, but dislike high temperature, can be used by the little sponge… and, indeed, they do! the resulting fiber is stronger and potentially more efficient

the mediterranean sea is naturally wired.

Ontologisches Beweis

Ass.1: P(φ).P(ψ) ⊃ P(φ.ψ)
Ass.2: P(φ) ∨ P(-φ)

Def.1: G(x) ≡ (φ)[P(φ) ⊃ φ(x)]
Def.2: φ Ess. x ≡ (ψ)[ψ(x) ⊃ N(y){φ(y) ⊃ ψ(y)]]

Ass.3a: P(φ) ⊃ NP(φ)
Ass.3b: ∼P(φ) ⊃ N∼P(φ)

Theo.1: G(x) ⊃ G Ess. x

Def.3: E(x) ≡ (φ)[φ Ess. x ⊃ N(∃x) φ(x)]

Ass.4: P(E)

Theo.2: G(x) ⊃ N(∃y)G(y)

therefore:
(∃x)G(x) ⊃ N(∃y)G(y)
M(∃x)G(x) ⊃ MN(∃y)G(y)
M(∃x)G(x) ⊃ N(∃y)G(y)
Ass.5: P(φ).N(φ⊃ψ):⊃P(ψ)

K. Gödel, 1970

kant mi ha detto…

l’unico approccio razionale all’amore e’ di essere irrazionali.