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#MemoDay — Open Discussion
If you haven't read it yet, which is unlikely, here is a link. If all you heard was media spin, read it. It's only a couple of pages, none of…
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Pedophile Says He’s A 9-Year-Old Trapped In Man’s Body. So He Is
Stream: Pedophile Says He's A 9-Year-Old Trapped In Man's Body. So He Is The Daily Wire reports on the story of 38-year-old Joseph Roman, who was "accused of sexually assaulting…
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Free Probability-Statistics Class: Predictive Case Study 1, Part X
Review! Last time we created four models of CGPA. Which is correct? They all are. Why? I should ask as a homework question, but I'll remind us here. Since all…
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Should We Worry Artificial Neurons Can Now Compute Faster Than The Human Brain?
Stream: Should We Worry Artificial Neurons Can Now Compute Faster Than The Human Brain? The report from last week's Nature magazine is that "artificial neurons" can now "compute faster than…
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There Can Be No Consistent Atheist System Of Morality Or Ethics
The article "Jaws and the Meaning of Life" has resulted in much commentary and email. Also a lot of confusion. In that article I said "If life can be reduced…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Why You Might Say Evil Is A Thing, Part II
Previous post. These are the rebuttals to the arguments presented last week. Review! Answers to these arguments 1 It is not difficult to answer these arguments. Evil and good are…
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Insanity & Doom Update XX
Item The Beatles: Has evolutionary biology proved the Fab Four's early work wasn't 'musically important'? "I think that our estimation of the Beatles' importance at that time, or how we…
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Pew’s New Survey on Religious Groups Views on Abortion
Stream: Pew's New Survey on Religious Groups Views on Abortion According to a new survey by Pew Research, Unitarian Universalists are the strongest proponents of legal abortion, and Jehovah's Witnesses…