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Re: Pascal's Wager https://homoeconomicusnet.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/20121218-002141.jpg You can sum up a lot more simply. The author simply plage...
January 30, 2016 at 19:22
I discovered that series a few months ago. My favorites are: Kurt Vonnegut on Man-Eating Lampreys Robert Ebert on Ego Ray Bradbury on Madmen John Lenn...
January 09, 2016 at 17:11
I assume you are talking about US politics, since you mention the death penalty. If you are referring to the Democratic party, they are pretty much op...
January 09, 2016 at 04:57
I think the situation has evolved into something so political and complex that ethical questions no longer apply. Originally, the ethical solution wou...
December 26, 2015 at 06:09
I was just reading an article by a physicist who was saying that the ITER project was a waste of time and money that would be better spent on other te...
December 15, 2015 at 04:01
From what I understand, "Plan B", means wealthy countries outsourcing their carbon emissions to poorer countries which will simply report they failed ...
December 13, 2015 at 19:20
So I can never get this straight -- are they mocking religion or the government's protection of freedom of speech? If the latter, does that mean they ...
November 16, 2015 at 00:52
Then read this article, which quotes heads of state and religious groups in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, among oth...
November 14, 2015 at 19:29
These comparisons made me think of this comic: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f1/d3/fc/f1d3fc19b7b00fc6c8ab84b450afffc2.jpg Apparently...
November 04, 2015 at 02:10