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Hung Jury: The Verdict On Uncertainty
This invited paper (which I forgot to post!) appeared in the festschrift for Hung T. Nguyen, previously at New Mexico State University and now at Chiang Mai University, to celebrate…
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The First Cause is a Trinity: No More, No Less — Guest Post by Oldavid
The purpose of this essay is to provide a very simple “lowbrow” refutation of Modernism's “neo- pantheism” using concepts intelligible to even the most unsophisticated pragmatic and sane mind. The…
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Why We Live Forever
Anon reader query: I believe you are a Christian apologist. I am a theist but have issues seeing a reason to believe in an afterlife. Do you have any reasons…
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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
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
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?
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
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,…