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Summary Against Modern Thought: Evil Is Not An Essence
Previous post. Evil is a lack, not an attribute. We as shorthand like to say it is an attribute, but that is all this is: shorthand, a metaphor. Here we…
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Insanity & Doom Update XVIII
Item German government wants 'backdoor' access to every digital device: report Germany's Interior Minister wants to force tech and car companies to provide the German security services with hidden digital…
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Similarities Between ESP, Cold Fusion & Global Warming
Stream: Similarities Between ESP, Cold Fusion & Global Warming At the climate website No Tricks Zone, there is a picture of various estimates of CO2 climate sensitivity estimates. These are…
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Facial Recognition Makes Mistakes. No Big Deal, Right?
Stream: Should Big Brother Watch Us If He Would Keep Us Safe? China like Britain is installing cameras in public places to track its citizens. Britain already has at least…
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Falsifiability Is Falsifiable
We've talked many times before, and at greater length in Uncertanity, about the concept of falsifiability. It has come up again lately. The term shouldn't be but is equivocal. I…
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Free Data Science Class: Predictive Case Study 1, Part VII
Review! This is our last week of theory. Next week the practical side begins in earnest. However much fun that will be, and it will be a jolly time, this…
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Jaws and the Meaning of Life
Stream: What the Atheist Claim of the Meaninglessness of Life Would Mean (If it were True) Links fixed! There is a scene early on in the killer-shark movie Jaws which…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Evil is Not Intended, Part II
Previous post. We continue with the proof that evil is not intended, with some seemingly convincing counter-arguments, and the answers to these. Two Chapters this week. Arguments which seem to…
