Posted inPhilosophy
Gorilla Warfare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDC5wswGnaA I do not understand the human race. It has so little love for creatures with a different face. Treating animals like people is no madness or disgrace. I do…
Posted inPhilosophy Statistics
The Big Bang, Eternal Inflation & Many Worlds
We're back to our Edge series of ideas scientists wish more people knew about. Today is John C. Mather and the Big Bang. Mather isn't pleased with popular conceptions. What…
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Russia’s (Soft) War With The West, Part I — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
The cat is out of the bag, although most people don't realize that because most people still do not see the cat. Why? Simple. They couldn't see the open bag,…
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A Theory of Nothing Leads to Something
A Theory of Nothing by Thomas Barlow was the most realistic science fiction book I have ever read. The science in the book was fanciful, and even silly, but how…
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Stream: NOAA Whistleblower Claims Data Were ‘Adjusted’ to Make Global Warming Seem Worse
Stream: NOAA Whistleblower Claims Data Were 'Adjusted' to Make Global Warming Seem Worse: Climatology, Not The Planet, Is Running A Fever. A scientist-whistleblower has accused the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric…
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Pascal On Confession
From 100 of Pascal's Thoughts. Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them, and to be…
Posted inPhilosophy SAMT
Summary Against Modern Thought: The Intellect Is The Body’s Form
See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. Pretty much…
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Music, God’s Gift to Man–and to Robots? — Guest Post by Bob Kurland
Editor's note: The original post can be seen at Kurland's place. A few days ago my wife pointed out a news item announcing a robot that (or who?) can compose…
