Elod Pal CsirmazWe cannot cope with randomnessRandomness is liberating, yet our thinking keeps rejecting it. From games of chance to victim-blaming and self-help books, our thinking…3 min read·Oct 24, 2022--1--1
Elod Pal CsirmazReversing the Chinese Room: brains are computers, and all computers can feel and thinkFar from supporting Searle’s conclusion, the Chinese Room is actually a very good argument for emergent qualities in physical systems like…4 min read·May 18, 2022----
Elod Pal CsirmazWe cannot know if we have free will, and so maybe all science is brokenWe cannot decide whether humans have free will because we experience time as monotonic. This fact, surprisingly, also undermines the…3 min read·May 15, 2022----
Elod Pal CsirmazinTowards Data ScienceLinear and Logistic Regressions as Degenerate Neural Networks in KerasNeural networks are supersets of linear and logistic regressions. Use Keras to quickly and efficiently build regression models.7 min read·Apr 17, 2022----
Elod Pal CsirmazThe Best DefenseIt all started when Base II (there had been no contact with Base I for some years by then), so when Base II decided that we should go and…13 min read·Jan 5, 2022----
Elod Pal CsirmazHow to write (or customise) a templating engine?While working on extending a web templating system to support a new programming language, I collected some features I wanted to implement…9 min read·Nov 27, 2020----
Elod Pal CsirmazinTowards Data ScienceInterpreting Neural Networks by Reducing Nonlinearities during TrainingThis note describes a method of reducing the complexity of a neural network during its training and extracting human-readable rules from…·7 min read·Jun 28, 2020----
Elod Pal CsirmazinManagement MattersRemote Management in 9 Simple Steps: A Quick Practical Guide to Transitioning Away from the OfficeThis note offers practical ideas to team leaders and managers who suddenly find themselves managing their team remotely.20 min read·Jun 27, 2020----