Urging people to get involved in politics has been around for a very long time. As Plato put it: One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. I’m …
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Christianity Is Two Different Religions
It’s so good to see all this discussion on the dichotomy between the right-wing “Christians” and the followers of Jesus. The former say: Obey me or burn in hell forever, and the latter honestly care for one another, especially for …
How To Respond To a Meaningless Statement
I took a course on the philosophy of science during my freshman year in college. The professor, whom I adored, told us this story: A swami in India had the following conversation with a student: Student: What keeps the Earth …
Anti-Maskers Creating Mid-Air Violence
I would wager that virtually all these altercations come from arguments over masks. This can be eliminated by making this statement: “When you bought your ticket for this flight, you agreed to abide by this airline’s mask policy. At this …
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Who Cleans Up the Mess Left By the Fossil Fuel Industry?
What Noam Chomsky says here is, of course, true. It’s a broader, more generalized statement than what we say when we talk about the externalities of the fossil fuel world. They keep the profits, we all pay the price of …
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Anti-Vaxxers Biting the Dust
The anti-vaxxers really are taking themselves out. I don’t wish this death on anyone, but if someone has to die this way, I’m glad it’s not someone who did the right thing.
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“Rare” Lunar Occurrence
A reader sent me the photo here, noting: A very rare occurrence, the sun and the moon are visible at the same time in the horizon. This phenomenon is known as Selenelion. Comments include: Absolutely amazing Maravilhosa I have never …
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What Needs To Happen: Vote Recounts Stop, Trump Indicted on Election Tampering
The “Arizona Audit” found that the accuracy of the count was 99.98%. Can’t this be the end to this bull****? Now Trump is demanding a recount in Texas, a state he won? Can’t we have some level of rationality here? …
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Are These Republicans Insane?
IMO, there is no reason to believe that DeSantis is mentally ill. He’s simply aiming himself for success in the sad state of current-day Republican politics, based as it is on anti-vax, anti-science, and citizens’ right to do as they …
Reverence for Science
Scientism is “an exaggerated trust in the efficacy of the methods of natural science applied to all areas of investigation (as in philosophy, the social sciences, and the humanities).” I think anyone would grant that applying science to moral philosophy …
