Today is Commencement Day at MIT.
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“To measure the changes — Shing-Tung Yau, To measure the changes:
The smartest are nothing:
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Well, perhaps not quite nothing.
The above pictures were posted here on the day the following book was published—
The lives of the nine Jews in the above book amount to more than Yau's "nothing."
Note, however, that claims by Jews (see Jill Abramson yesterday)
that their secular publications constitute a substitute for religion
and contain only "absolute truth" should be viewed with at least one
raised eyebrow.
Abramson's remark yesterday that her promotion to New York Times executive editor
was like "ascending to Valhalla" had a religious flavor worthy of yesterday's
Feast of the Ascension.
In related news from yesterday's Times—
See also a symbol related to Apollo, to nine, and to "nothing"—
A minimalist 3×3 matrix favicon—
This may, if one likes, be viewed as the "nothing"
present at the Creation. See Jim Holt on physics.