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Foundations of Logic – Is Truth an illusion?

Posted on April 22, 2019 by

I started a discussion on Truth on Foundations of Logic group Is Truth just a sometimes useful illusion? What is truth? What is this idea we have of something being True? Clearly, truth doesn’t just reside in the existence of … Continue reading →

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Quora – AI and mankind

Posted on April 22, 2019 by

Quora – How will artificial intelligence influence mankind? This is an extremely deep and interesting question. Artificial intelligence isn’t a singular thing, it is a spectrum of classes of systems spanning many orders of magnitude, and exponentially expanding for the … Continue reading →

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Comment on a Jordan Peterson video about the radical left

Posted on April 22, 2019 by

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson On The Impact Of the Radical Left – YouTube 02:16 “It is easy to understand why people are emotionally drawn to the ideals of socialism (let’s say) or the left; because it draws it’s fundamental motivational … Continue reading →

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Quora – evolution and aging

Posted on April 22, 2019 by

Why hasn’t evolution dealt with the inefficiency of aging? Each of the other answers address some aspect of the issue, and it is far more complex than any of them indicate. Yes, there is an aspect to it that the … Continue reading →

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Foundations of Logic group – markets and risk

Posted on April 22, 2019 by

A link from Foundations of Logic Group – NEWS Deadly Incurable Illness Spreading Across The Globe Infecting Nearly A Million People Just one more of the many examples where market incentives are directly at variance with human survival. It is … Continue reading →

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Islamophobia

Posted on April 22, 2019 by

I Grew Up as a Muslim in New Zealand. I Want You to Know I Belong. You belong. One didn’t need to be of a different race or culture to get a hard time growing up, just being different is … Continue reading →

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Skeptics – implications of Christchurch shooting

Posted on March 31, 2019 by

NZ Skeptics The biggest cause of this tragedy is the competitive nature of our economic system, combined with the nature of being human, and the tendency in time of scarcity to revert to tribal groupings, and take the easy course … Continue reading →

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