Archive for 'philosophy'
A Question for Bobmo
I’ve been involved in a conversation at Bobmo.com* about agnosticism. This is what Bob has to say about the subject:
Coined by English biologist Thomas Huxley in 1860, the word agnostic has taken several forms over the years. Agnosticism typically addresses the knowledge of God’s existence, but most agnostics don’t stop there. They often take [...]
Posted: February 21st, 2010 under philosophy.
Comments: 1
Ludwig Boltzman
The scientist asks not what are the currently most important questions, but “which are at present solvable?” or sometimes merely “in which can we make some small but genuine advance?” As long as the alchemists merely sought the philosopher’s stone and aimed at finding the art of making gold, all their endeavors were fruitless; [...]
Posted: February 12th, 2010 under philosophy.
Comments: none
Chris McCandless
Chris McCandless
Posted: August 27th, 2009 under backpacking, outdoors, philosophy.
Comments: 2
Biophilia
Biophilia
Posted: August 11th, 2009 under philosophy, science.
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Proof that God Exists
The first thing you see when you visit ProofThatGodExists.org is a page with four buttons.
“Absolute Tuth Exists”
“Absolute Truth Does not Exist”
“I Don’t Know if Absolute Truth Exists”
“I Don’t Care if Absolute Truth Exists”
The first button takes you to a page with two buttons.
“Laws of Logic Exist”
“Laws of Logic Do Not Exist”
If you continue [...]
Posted: June 3rd, 2009 under nature, philosophy, science.
Comments: 5
NASA, the Bible and the Missing Day
Maybe you’ve heard this story.
In the tenth chapter of the Old Testament book of Joshua, it is recorded that the Sun “stood still.” One day while NASA scientists were using their computers to calculate orbits for the Earth, Sun, and other planets, they discovered that there was a “lost day.” After prodding by one of [...]
Posted: April 23rd, 2009 under philosophy, science.
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Communicating with Alien Intelligence
Marvin Minsky has written an article he calls, “Communicating with Alien Intelligence.” He does not address the problem of how to differentiate between random gibberish and a message from an alien intelligence. He skips ahead to a hypothetical meeting of humans and aliens and asks whether or not they would be able to [...]
Posted: March 23rd, 2009 under language, mathematics, philosophy.
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Non-conformists oath
Now let’s repeat the non-conformists oath: I promise to be different. I promise to be unique. I promise not to repeat things other people say!
-Steve Martin from his comedy album, Wild and Crazy Guy
Photo: Wikimedia
Posted: March 22nd, 2009 under entertainment, humor, philosophy.
Comments: 5
What do the heavens declare?
Psalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows his handywork.”
How people respond when they look at nature depends on what they’ve been taught about the natural world. Depending on their world view they might see a mountain as a beautiful sculpture formed by an unseen hand or they might [...]
Posted: February 19th, 2009 under nature, philosophy.
Comments: 1
Is polytheism illogical?
I agree that the Shiva of the Shaiva tradition and Yahweh could not coexist because their natures are contradictory and yet they are both described as being supreme. By definition, there can only be one supreme God, but why could there not be multiple gods that are subordinate to the supreme God? One definition [...]
Posted: February 8th, 2009 under philosophy.
Comments: 15





