Esolangs, or esoteric programming languages, highlight the hidden metaphors and conventions that structure mainstream programming.
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Alan Turing and John von Neumann saw it early: the logic of life and the logic of code may be one and the same.
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Samuel Jay Keyser on why repetition enchants the mind, and what evolution has to do with it.
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Engaging in ritual for ritual’s sake only deepens nihilism.
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What frogs teach us about sex, science, and why biology is messier than we think.
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