Religion
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Just stop
I see groups of people banding together because of their circumstances of birth, “I am a leftist Jew”, “I am a Christian Socialist or Conservative”, “I am a Muslim”, “I am a Christian” …. Therefore Insert perspective/opinion/political leanings here… Well this is silly, why not use reason? When we start a statement in this manner Continue reading
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A broken difference engine, some sex, and a teapot
The human mind is a broken difference engine, we have built a broken society as a result, and as usual I have a theory that might explain why. The usual approach for a philosophy piece would be to try to establish both the credential of the theorist, I have none, and the validity of the Continue reading
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Bronze age mumbo
You cannot wake up some day and decide that you are not black, Asian, Chinese, European, left handed, homosexual, or the hair colour you were born with. You can decide not to follow the mumbo jumbo contained in textbooks that all just happen to have been written in and around a small region of the Continue reading
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On Belief
On Belief In the beginning a very astute and devious humanoid looked up to the sky in wonder at a giant ball of burning hydrogen. It occurred to this primitive man who if he could convince his fellow humanoids that the hydrogen ball was in charge, had a voice that spoke to him only and Continue reading
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