essays unrelated to computer science
Some of these essays are opinionated. I welcome rebuttals. If you write one, please let me know at hehner@cs.utoronto.ca.
- Time Dilation, 2024 March 20
- a Testimonial to Cliff Jones, 2024 January 7, published in A.Cavalcanti, J.Baxter (editors): the Practice of Formal Methods: Essays in Honour of Cliff Jones, Springer LNCS 14780, 2024 September 4
- the Nature of Science, 2023 April 4
- a Conversation between a Platonist and a Formalist, 2022 July 21
- a Tribute to Edsger Dijkstra, 2021 January 19, published in K.R.Apt, C.A.R.Hoare: Edsger W. Dijkstra: a Commemoration, 2021 March 30
- Better Speed Control, 2020 November 22
- Gender Equality, 2019 April 11
- Big Numbers, 2019 February 9
- Romantic Availability, 2018 August 29
- Sunk Cost Fallacy, 2018 May 12
- the End of Evolution, 2018 January 26
- Advice to a Radical Thinker, 2017 December 1
- Arguing Atheism, 2017 May 30
- Teaching Tactics, 2016 July 27
- Left-handed Homosexuals, 2014 May 4
- Grammatical Annoyances, 2013 October 18
- Scientific Publication, 2013 August 24, published in University Affairs Magazine, 2014 June
- Marriage, 2013 July 9
- Toward Democracy, 2013 April 19, updated 2019-6-25
- Abolish Political Parties, 2013 March 31
- Self, 2013 March 16
- the Gambler and the Mathematician, 2011 November 15
- Cameras Everywhere, 2009 July 28
- Insurance and Gambling, 2009 June 13
- Money and Taxes, 2009 March 9
- the Meaning of Mathematics, 1986, published in the Logic of Programming and Calculi of Discrete Design, NATO Advanced Studies Institute Series, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg
- Portation, 1971, revised 2009 February 14
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