Comment on “Blessings of Multiple Causes”

What causes dyslexia?: comment on Goswami.

Finding an underlying deficit that links the disparate impairments associated with dyslexia would be major breakthrough. In a recent article in TiCS, Goswami [1] offers a viable candidate for such a deficit – and has done a remarkable job of finding links that are plausible if still mostly circumstantial. Her stimulating article raises numerous directions for future research. The epidemiology o...

Comment on the multiple problems of multiplicity.

Comment on "Fire-derived charcoal causes loss of forest humus".

Wardle et al. (Brevia, 2 May 2008, p. 629) reported that fire-derived charcoal can promote loss of forest humus and belowground carbon (C). However, C loss from charcoal-humus mixtures can be explained not only by accelerated loss of humus but also by loss of charcoal. It is also unclear whether such loss is related to mineralization to carbon dioxide or to physical export.

Intuitionism - Counting its Blessings

A brief survey of the impact of intuitionistic logic and mathematics on modern practice is presented. The main influence is via the so-called “BHK interpretation” (or “proof interpretation”). By somewhat relaxing the conditions on the notion of proof the familiar notions of ‘realizability’, ‘Curry-Howard isomorphism’ etc. are motivated. Also some attention is paid to the characteristic process ...

Some Strategic Y2K Blessings

Future system development and management efforts must strive to institutionalize these gains and provide ongoing, incremental improvement in these areas. With the growth of e-commerce and further socioeconomic reliance on IT, the organizations that have achieved these gains will be well positioned to outdistance those who were less aggressive. Figure 1 depicts the silver linings and competitive...