Carl Sagan’s Prediction
Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or […]
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Q.E.D.
“Q.E.D.” (sometimes written “QED”) is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase “quod erat demonstrandum” (“that which was to be demonstrated”), a notation which is often
More Marcus Aurelius
If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth,
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RNC Press Release: A new king is born
Christmas, December 25, 2016 the Republican National Convention made the following press release, ‘Over two millennia ago, a new hope was born into the world […] this Christmas heralds a time to celebrate the good news of a new King.’
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Morality – How it is based
Morality can easily be based upon the autonomous agency of rational creatures. The action of an autonomous being, when it impedes the ability of another
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Screwtape Letters
My dear wormwood, Be sure that the patient remains completely fixated on politics. Arguments, political gossip, and obsessing on the faults of people they have
Pi 3.14159265359…
Pi, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, and this is just the beginning; it keeps on going, forever, without ever
Science is not faith
Faith, by definition, is the belief in something despite insufficient knowledge to be certain of its veracity. Some beliefs require small leaps of faith (the
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