The first is rather mundane: I get the impression that ‘turning 18′ used to be a big right of passage that marked one as having become an adult. I feel like the ‘real’ right of passage is now college graduation. I really feel like an adult now that I’m supporting myself entirely on my own in a new state.
The second is a bit more profound: Many problems that people are trying to solve have solutions that tend towards simulations of the entire world. More on this one later. Maybe.
I graduated from Xavier on May 19, and two days later started the drive down to North Carolina to get set up at Chapel Hill. Getting everything set up has taken up all my time. I start research next week, which will be good for me.
In what little spare time I’ve got, I’ve been working on a theory of knowledge. I was originally trying to write a post entitled “How to Resolve the Creationsim Debate,” but this kept getting bigger and bigger. I’ve now made good headway into a theory of knowledge which I plan to release soon. I’ll post more stuff when life calms down a bit. Although assuming it will is probably never a safe venture.