Something I have had long discussions about, with several close friends who tend to be on the other side of the argument. Seems the topic is warm again!

are new mathematical truths discovered or invented? http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/31392/title/Still_debating_with_Plato

If anyone cares I’m squarely on the invented side of the argument.

I don’t buy the concept of absolute ideas that are somehow in a different sphere - and I dont buy the challenge which says that it is proven wrong by the fact that so many different people and cultures come up with the same concepts.

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It was part of my “new year” resolution that I would use what I have - by that I meant

- read books I already own that I havent read, or reread books I havent read in a while, instead of buying new stuff
- play games I own that I never finished or barely started, instead of buying new games
- watch DVDs I own, and catch good films on TV, instead of buying more

I have done pretty well on the book front, not buying many this year (all right, I think I did buy about 30, but almost all used and many reference books), doing a lot of swapping, and reading quite a few books.
I have also done ok on the games, revisiting games like “Might and Magic 6”, “Evil Islands”, Galactic Civilisations, Disciples 2, and keeping playing WoW and Guild Wars.

It’s all about enjoying what one has, and reducing the amount of wasted stuff in my life.

But I can do better, so here’s a challenge I am setting myself:

Each week I will do the following
1) read a book I have owned for more than 1 year. I will alternate fiction (easier) and non fiction. I will blog about it here.
2) play an old game I havent played in 1 year, or ever, and blog my impressions
3) watch one of my old DVDs and blog about it
4) spend some time on one of the million web2.0/community sites that I registered for and never did anything, blog about it, and decide whether to dump it or not

I will also do a similar pledge about discovering new things, but that is another post and another challenge