Subprime: When Good Intentions Turned Sour
As the world is still feeling the reverberations of the 2008 global financial crisis, a lot of blame has been […]
Work and Life, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Topical
Includes posts on physics, philosophy, sciences, quantitative finance, economics, environment etc.
Quotes, Philosophy, Physics, Science
Bye Bye Einstein
This last post in the series explains why I believe it is time to say goodbye to Einstein, and why I look forward to how our worldview develops in the light of this CERN discovery of material superluminality.
Philosophy, Physics, Science
Why not Discard Special Relativity?
This second post in my series on the superluminality observed (or suspected) at CERN looks at why we cannot accept it.
Science, Philosophy, Physics
Faster than Light
When they discovered particles going faster than light at CERN, they didn’t want to believe themselves. They were practically begging the rest of the community to find a mistake in this discovery. Why would they do that? This post and its follow ups will try to shed some light on this strange lack of faith.
How to Avoid Duplicate Imports in iPhoto
I just finished writing my first Mac application because I had a specific problem (duplicate imports of photos into my iPhoto Library) to solve. This problem may be fairly common, so I’m making it available (all right, selling it) to the general public. Here is a summary of what it does and how to get it.
Debates, The Wilmott Magazine, Quantitative Finance
Risk – Wiley FinCAD Webinar
This post is an edited version of my responses in a Webinar panel-discussion organized by Wiley-Finance and FinCAD. The freely available Webcast is linked in the post, and contains responses from the other participants — Paul Wilmott and Espen Huag. An expanded version of this post may later appear as an article in the Wilmott Magazine.
Topical, Philosophy, Physics
What is Unreal Blog?
This post is an expanded version of a Web interview regarding my blog. It attempts to answer the question why I blog. And why one should take philosophy seriously. Seriously!
Columns, French, Topical, Unpublished
Luddite Thoughts
Wondering if our so-called progress is actually a blind march toward chaos an anarchy, I present a slightly disorganized line of thought in this short piece.
The Wilmott Magazine, Topical, Quantitative Finance
Risk: Interpretation, Innovation and Implementation
An invite to a Webinar organized by FinCAD and Wiley Global Finance, featuring Paul Wilmott, Epsen Haug and yours faithfully…
A Parker Pen from Singapore
About a fifty-year old Parker pen that held an important lesson for me. A lesson in how to be a good father. What it takes is infinite patience.
Philosophy, Life and Death
Dualism
Dualism is a misunderstood concept. At least, I didn’t understand it too well. This post is a more refined view on it, which may not still be complete or accurate. Since everything in philosophy (and life) is interconnected, this short post brings together a lot of what I think of life, the universe and everything.
Columns, The Wilmott Magazine, Quantitative Finance
Physics vs. Finance
The last post in this series of Love of Math looks at how math gets used in physics and finance. Or, more precisely, how one has to be careful about the assumptions in modeling stuff, and the pitfalls of (the lack of) error propagation.