Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol
“Roll the dice and take your chances”
In the dramatic courtroom thriller “A Few Good Men,” two Marines are charged with killing a fellow soldier, Private William Santiago. An inexperienced U.S. Navy lawyer, Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee (played by Tom Cruise), is assigned their defense. At first, Lt. … Continue reading
Abduction 101
The theory of “abduction” or “abductive reasoning” is just a fancy word for “guessing.” From Wikipedia: Abductive reasoning allows inferring as an explanation of . Because of this inference, abduction allows the precondition to be abduced from the consequence . * * * As such, … Continue reading
“Be careful who you trust”
That’s one of the many basic lessons Ms Ellen Chisa learned while in business school (read her entire essay here): “There were a couple distinctly different attitudes in the [classroom]. I genuinely try to give advice that helps the person who … Continue reading
Requiescite in pace et in amore
Stunned…my heart goes out to John & Alicia & family.An amazing partnership. Beautiful minds, beautiful hearts. https://t.co/XF4V9MBwU4 — Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) May 24, 2015 According to this report in nj.com, John and Alicia Nash died in a car accident on the New … Continue reading
Copyedit this …
James Joyce not exactly a publisher's dream on the copy-editing front. pic.twitter.com/epS0nYp9X3 — Rupert Thomson (@RupertThomson1) May 18, 2015 Hat tip: Robert at 101 books.
Happy Cuban Independence Day
Cuba became a republic on 20 May 1902. Supporters of the Cuban Revolution criticize the Cuban Republic of 1902-1958 as a U.S. colony, but weren’t the people of Cuba more free and far better off back then than they are now?
Adventures in geometry
What about the four-color theorem? Hat Tip: SteakWay (via reddit).

