<![CDATA[Stories by Cher-Yi Tan on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@tcherry?source=rss-54bf56d8dfb7------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*KMa05GaKq6fvpk-9yzXm0A.jpeg Stories by Cher-Yi Tan on Medium https://medium.com/@tcherry?source=rss-54bf56d8dfb7------2 Medium Fri, 13 Nov 2026 19:56:09 GMT <![CDATA[How does the Cosmos create itself?]]>

Howard Bloom’s 555-page thesis, though superficially tedious, tries to answer one beguilingly simple question: How does a godless cosmos…

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Based on Nassim Taleb’s INCERTO series

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That the advent of artificial intelligence and robots (AI’s physical embodiment) is going to change everything is probably somewhat of an…

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According to Wikipedia, Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and astrobiologist. As a scientist, Sagan is…

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A meditation

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More than just abstract philosophy, Enlightenment ideals changed the course of history.

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Socrates was the living antithesis of the Classic's obsession with confidence, poise, elan, flair and sophistication.

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They will tell you many things. The usuals. “It’s all right! There’s always next time…” “It’s not your fault! The opponent was just too…

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A stable, successful non-democracy.

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I used to work in the Navy. On the fifty-first anniversary of our Navy’s genesis, a recorded speech from the Chief of Navy himself was…

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