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Mark Chu-Carroll (aka MarkCC) is a PhD Computer Scientist, who works for Google as a Software Engineer. My professional interests center on programming languages and tools, and how to improve the languages and tools that are used for building complex software systems.
Category: Bad Logic
A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. There's no shortage of stupidity in the world. And, alas, it comes in many, many different kinds. Among the ones that bug me, pretty much the worst is the stupidity...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 7:35 PM • 48 Comments •
Category: Cantor Crankery
Another chaos theory post is in progress. But while I was working on it, a couple of comments arrived on some old posts. In general, I'd reply on those posts if I thought it was worth it. But the...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 11:25 AM • 183 Comments •
Category: Bad Logic
One of my pet peeves about people and math is that most people don't really have a clue of what math is. I've been writing this blog for something over three years, and by the standards of a lot...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 3:10 PM • 53 Comments •
Category: Bad Logic
A bunch of readers, and one commenter in another thread, have all hit me with a pathetic monstrosity of a purported proof of God. Several have even been misled by the URL where the dreadful thing is posted, thinking...
Posted by Mark C. Chu-Carroll at 11:15 AM • 39 Comments •
