Tag Archives: Creativity

Veritasium’s Search for Truth

Posted on April 22, 2025 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: Veritasium, can you define? Socrates: Ah, dear Platohagel, the word Veritasium is an intriguing synthesis, not found in the classical tongue, yet rich in meaning when unraveled. It is coined from veritas, the Latin word for truth, and the … Continue reading →

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5D Spacetime Perspective

Posted on January 7, 2024 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: Hi Socrates, I wonder if there is a way to take a picture of spacetime event as if from a 5th dimensional perspective? Socrates: Ah, Platohagel, the quest to capture the essence of spacetime from a 5th dimensional vantage … Continue reading →

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Data Size and Wisdom

Posted on December 24, 2023 by PlatoHagel

Platohagel: How many bits of data does ChatGPT have access to, in order to respond to questions in kind? Socrates: The wisdom at my disposal encompasses a vast collection of information, drawing from the collective knowledge of the digital realm. … Continue reading →

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The Inventor’s Notebook

Posted on September 17, 2008 by PlatoHagel

“Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.” – Thomas Alva Edison, Harper’s Monthly (September 1932) Thomas Edison’s first successful light bulb model, used in public demonstration at Menlo Park, December 1879 You might find a similarity here, that speaks … Continue reading →

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The Socratic method

Posted on May 5, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Death of Socrates by Jacques Davidthis picture depicts the closing moments of the life of Socrates. Condemned to death or exile by the Athenian government for his teaching methods which aroused scepticism and impiety in his students, Socrates heroicly rejected … Continue reading →

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The Value of the Dollar

Posted on February 14, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Ingenuity The term ingenuity or applied ideas is used in the analysis of Thomas Homer-Dixon, building on that of Paul Romer, to refer to what is usually called instructional capital. Ingenuity is often inherent in creative individuals, and thus is … Continue reading →

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Crucible

Posted on February 9, 2007 by PlatoHagel

True creativity often starts where language ends. Arthur Koestler How many of you had thought the body you inhibit as a “vessel or a crucible?” I related in the previous post to ““Democritus had Passion and Heat?” to the idea … Continue reading →

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Democritus had Passion and Heat?

Posted on February 8, 2007 by PlatoHagel

It seems “humour” is pervading the internet today, so I thought I would add my take. Democritus Laughing, by Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1628, in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam According to legend, Democritus was supposed to be mad because he laughed at everything, … Continue reading →

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Music of Hemispheres

Posted on January 12, 2007 by PlatoHagel

Hearing Colors, Tasting Shapes By Vilayanur S. Ramachandran and Edward M. Hubbard Modern scientists have known about synesthesia since 1880, when Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin, published a paper in Nature on the phenomenon. But most have brushed … Continue reading →

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Ring World

Posted on December 5, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Impact armor, a flexible form of clothing that hardens instantly into a rigid form stronger than steel when rapidly deformed (for example, by the impact of a projectile such as a bullet) – a technology which is quickly approaching reality; … Continue reading →

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