I decided to make this blog bilingual; Finnish and English. At some point maybe Swedish and Spanish, too. Suomen ensimmäisen yliopiston, Turun akatemian, avajaisissa vuonna 1640 piispa Rothoviuksen kerrotaan sanoneen, että yliopiston perustaminen on maailman luomisen jälkeen parasta mitä Ruotsin valtakunnan itäiselle niemelle on sattunut. Rothovius näki, että yliopiston myötä taikuus ja noitavainot saadaan kuriin. […]
Category: Art
I met Marvin Minsky in a conference in Toronto in 2013. After his keynote, I wanted to ask him something I had recently thought about. I approached him, introduced myself, chit-chat a bit about Finland with him and his wife, who had some friends from Finland. Then I said something like this: “As we humans […]
Teemu Leinonen 