Category: Religion and Philosophy
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“The Woman At Front Two”
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The woman at table Front Two does not look happy. This seems wildly unfair, given that she is…
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Good, gooder, goodest.
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Way back in 1770 the French philosopher, historian, and poet Voltaire wrote that “Perfect is the Enemy of…
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Prisoners in the museum
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The classical Greek conception of the afterlife was not a particularly attractive one. In Homer’s universe, the vast…
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A Likely Story
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We all have our own sacred cows, ideas that are so deeply embedded in our psyches that we…
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Paddling Point Nemo
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Any time you have more than one person in a room, you’re going to have differences. Despite these…
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Really and truly.
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Voltaire pointed out in 1733 that “The interest I have in believing a thing is not a proof…
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Calculating the value of pie.
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At absolute zero, -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit, all activity in the sub-atomic world of electrons and protons ceases, and…
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Moody madness laughing wild
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When things don’t work out, peasants revolt, voters flock to the polls, oppressed minorities throw themselves on the…
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The Barbarians at the Gates
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Last Tuesday, in a California courtroom, a judge sentenced 23-year-old Casey Nocket to two years’ probation and 200…
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Strange Bedfellows
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“The moment there is a misunderstanding about a boundary line or a hamper of fish or some other…
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