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White Paper: A Typology of Fruitful Areas of Conjecture and Theorem Generation in Algebra Using AI Methods

Posted on September 27, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into algebraic research opens new avenues for conjecture and theorem generation. While classical mathematics has relied on human creativity, analogy, and intuition, AI models—especially those leveraging symbolic computation, large language models, and … Continue reading →

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On The Difficulties Of Getting AI To See Itself As Non-Evolutionary

Posted on February 19, 2025 by nathanalbright

One of the more frustrating experiencing with using AI is the lazy and inaccurate tendency for AI to see processes as evolutionary when they are anything but. Getting the AI to recognize this, as shown in the discourse below, can … Continue reading →

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Abusus Non Tollit Usum

Posted on April 10, 2023 by nathanalbright

There are many fallacies involved in human reasoning, and I find it striking that this is a point that people find this sort of point to hammer on so much. I was doing some reading today while dealing with internet … Continue reading →

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Show Business Is Still A Business

Posted on March 28, 2023 by nathanalbright

Earlier today, I received a comment for one of my most popular posts, which I rejected to post, which said the following: “Just stopped by to say your take is horrible. ‘Go woke go broke’ translates most accurately to ‘don’t … Continue reading →

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On The Sound Uses Of Unsound Reasoning

Posted on September 30, 2022 by nathanalbright

In exploring the possibility of there being sound uses of unsound reasoning, or examples of unsound reasoning that are viewed as sound by those people who engage in them, I am deliberately seeking not to prejudge the question. It is … Continue reading →

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Consistent Inconsistency

Posted on August 12, 2022 by nathanalbright

For those who are interested in the Myers-Briggs test, the SP personality types are reputed to be the most fun sort of people, whose focus is on sensory recognition (rather than intuition) and enjoyment rather than decisiveness. Whether or not … Continue reading →

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On The Basis Of An Argument

Posted on October 4, 2021 by nathanalbright

Today while I was listening to an online lecture from Hillsdale College on mathematics and logic, the professor giving the lecture discussed a revealing passage from the Screwtape Letters where Screwtape is chiding his naive and inexperienced relative and novice … Continue reading →

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Two Roads Diverged In A Wood

Posted on September 18, 2021 by nathanalbright

The internet is a fount of ill-considered opinions loudly proclaimed (a statement that sadly does not exempt some opinions I have been known to express from time to time). It is not my intention to talk about any specific brainless … Continue reading →

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On The Asymmetry Of Spatial Reasoning In A Parking Lot

Posted on September 2, 2021 by nathanalbright

As one might expect if one knew me, I have fairly consistent patterns when it comes to choosing parking spaces. All other things being equal, I have a consistent set of parking principles that I adhere to regardless of whether … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, And Wear Cows

Posted on December 29, 2020 by nathanalbright

Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, And Wear Cows: An Introduction To Carnism, The Belief System That Allows Us To Eat Some Animals And Not Others, by Melanie Joy, Ph.D There are some essential problems with this book that the … Continue reading →

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