In the afternoon I discovered that the Hapalopus sp. Colombia
"large" I've kept since the 7th of April,
2020 had passed away. It
had molted recenly and looked
fine.
Earlier this week, the 10th, the little scorpion I kept,
Chaerilus sp. Java, also passed away. I also had this little one
since the 7th of April. As it was quite round I guess it
got stuck while attempting to molt. Or maybe the high temperatures in
the room; more than 30°C (86°F), were too much for the two of them.
So that leaves me with 9 tarantulas and zero scorpions. I am going to
move the 9 to a cooler place in the house, our bedroom, just to be sure.
I’ve been a big fan of Nassim Taleb’s Incerto. He wrote a series of
essays on life, where all the topics revolve around decision making
under uncertainty. I wanted to dig deeper on some of the more
technical concepts he alluded too, so last year I explored a few
textbooks on probability theory.
I was surprised with how elegant the field was. The most inspiring
idea to me was how the originators interpreted probability through
set theory. Not only is it a beautiful way to look at things, but by
seeing it this way, they could apply few axioms, leverage set
theory, and badabing badaboom they had a whole field’s worth of
discoveries.
Source: Sets and Probability, an article
by Stepan Parunashvili.