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Wolfgang Smith’s Vision Of Oneness — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
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Wolfgang Smith’s Vision Of Oneness — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

We were talking this morning about the latest insanity when she said ‘I hate all these damn politicians!’ I answered, saying that she had to quit imagining that ‘politicians’ control…
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How A Science Becomes THE Science
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How A Science Becomes THE Science

Our main concern is what has become of science, now often called by those who control it The Science. This is, as mentioned, the Cult of Science. Members are easy…
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We Know Our Son Is Our Daughter: A Mini-Play In One Act
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We Know Our Son Is Our Daughter: A Mini-Play In One Act

Say, Jesse, how ya been? Step in any more poop on the golden streets of Frisco? "Very funny. You know, that's awfully close to being racist." That so? What can…
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Do Most People Enter Philosophy Already Atheist?
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Do Most People Enter Philosophy Already Atheist?

I am now only months behind in answering emails. I have a string of excellent questions from readers that I will try to get to at weeks' end. From reader…
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Cognitive Bayes & Rationality: Why Theoretical Explanations Charging People With Conspiracy Theories Fails
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Cognitive Bayes & Rationality: Why Theoretical Explanations Charging People With Conspiracy Theories Fails

Fun quiz time! This is some data: x = c(0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1). Something caused that data to be. I know what it is,…
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A Simple Proof Mathematics Is Discovered And Not Invented
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A Simple Proof Mathematics Is Discovered And Not Invented

This came up in an email thread, but for the life of me I can't find it. Since this is the second email (thread) from a colleague I have lost…
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Dear Quacks & Experts: Your Loss Function Is Not Our Loss Function
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Dear Quacks & Experts: Your Loss Function Is Not Our Loss Function

Note to the colleague who wrote me. I lost your email! You asked excellent questions about the post Classical Statistics Has Outlived Its Usefulness: Here’s The Fix, which I meant…
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Is A Material Bearer of Consciousness Intelligible? Part 2 — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor
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Is A Material Bearer of Consciousness Intelligible? Part 2 — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor

See Part I here. In this essay, I will summarize and expound more on the “divisible parts problem” in materialism and why the concept of the soul (or ‘mental substance’)…
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    I agree with the paper test; like the Chinese room argument, it is a way to illustrate that a mechanical…

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    Eric, Darn similar, and (I hope) simplified.

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    Isn’t this Searle’s Chinese Room argument? Not that I disagree with either of you…

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