* "Information Theory" by Cover and Thomas is a mathematical introduction to information theory. This is a technical book, and is very different than the books above.
If you haven't yet done so, read Shannon's paper as linked above
"Just pointed my phone camera directly at the midday sun for 5 minute straight. It got a little warm, but... no damage. I'm gonna go ahead and say point your phones at the eclipse tomorrow, it'll be fine "
just because his phone was fine doesn't mean yours will be
I guess "Degen" in this context means [1] a person "engaged in high-risk, high-reward strategies without much regard for potential losses. These individuals were seen as reckless, often gambling with their investments in the hopes of striking it rich."
I often buy organic food: I can afford it and like the goal of using zero or minimal pesticides and herbicides. For me, it's like Pascal's wager: it can't hurt
Umm… you get that Pascal's Wager is an example of fallacious reasoning, right? It establishes a false dichotomy where there either is a God or there isn't when in fact there is equally a possibility of the Christian God as all the other thousands of gods.
Not all organic is grown and cultivated the same nor is all conventional. Not all "natural" pest controls are harmless just as not all conventional pest controls are harmful.
Crop rotation, cover crops, and resting fields occurs in both and can be absent in both.
"Organic" is a marketing term at this point. The details are much muddier (pun intended).
https://github.com/chrisvwx/taxFoo.jl