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My Road to Pythagorean Illuminism

Introduction A while back there was an internet meme going around in functional programming circles called  My Road to Lisp .  It was a survey that you would fill out, and share with others that documented how you came to "get" the programming language Lisp.  It asked the following questions: When did you first try Lisp seriously, and which Lisp family member was it? Many of us had multiple run-ins with Lisp before it “stuck”. The “stick” date is of most interest, but you can share earlier encounters if you like. What led you to try Lisp? What other languages have you been using most? How far have you gotten in your study of Lisp? I know this is hard to quantify. Just wing it. What do you think of Lisp so far? I think the idea behind this survey was twofold.   First, Lisp is pretty rare language.  If you've started to understand it's subtlety, simplicity, and power, you'll probably be hard pressed to find anyone you work with who's knows it...

Pythagorean Illuminism as a Linux Distribution

Introduction: Well it only took me seven months to get around to writing my first official post on Pythagorean Illuminism!  I guess when push came to shove, I felt like I needed to be a little more "authoritative" before I started to write about Illuminism (plus the fact that it's so much easier to simply continue reading other people's content rather than producing your own). Anyway, in the last seven months, I managed to finish the entire God Series , as well as start reading some more "neutral" books on philosophy in order to get a more balanced perspective on some of the basic tenets incorporated into Pythagorean Illuminism (henceforth referred to as "PI"): a good example being "A History of Western Philosophy" by Bertrand Russel. It's pretty clear that the God Series takes an advocate-only stance vis a vis itself, and a polemical stance against its competitors e.g. mythos-based religion and empirical-based science.  That is...