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There Are Only Two Errors: Idealism & Materialism
There is that which is (and is not) and that which we know about that which is (and is not); i.e. there is ontology and epistemology. There are both and…
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Stream: Trump’s—No, Wait—The Republican Debate
Today's post is at the Stream: Trump's---No, Wait---The Republican Debate. Winner? No question about it, it was Trump at a canter. This was conceded even before the debate began in…
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Comment On “Origin of probabilities and their application to the multiverse”
Today, since I'm very busy, a small-ish review---mere comments, really---of "Origin of probabilities and their application to the multiverse" by Andreas Albrecht and Daniel Phillips. I got this paper via…
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Stream: December 12, 2015: The Day Science Died. #COP21
Today's post is at The Stream: "December 12, 2015: The Day Science Died. #COP21". President Hollande of France slid to the microphone, and, with great Gallic aplomb, announced December 12th,…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: On God’s Happiness
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. We finish…
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The Theology of Science-fiction: Some SF “Gospels”—guest post by Bob Kurland
Be sure to visit Bob's main site, Reflections of a Catholic Scientist. Note: this article originally during Lent, 2015. ...when I was not prey to the temptations of this world,…
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FiveThirtyEight Weighs In With Some Odd Affirmative Action Statistics
FiveThirtyEight ran the piece "Here's What Happens When You Ban Affirmative Action In College Admissions" that ran some dicey stats. Affirmative Action is, as all know, the practice of rewarding…
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I Self-Identify As The Yak King
Person I know was attending recently a mandatory training session at a well known university. Session was led by trainers not themselves employees of the university, folks who self-identified as…