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August 2011 Blog Posts (7)

Twelve Virtues of Rationality, by Eliezer Yudkowsky

The first virtue is curiosity. A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curiosity requires both that you be ignorant, and that you desire to relinquish your ignorance. If in your heart you believe you already know, or if in your heart you do not wish to know, then your questioning will be purposeless and your skills without direction. Curiosity seeks to annihilate itself; there is no curiosity that does not want an answer. The glory of… Read More

Added by Alex Heyden on August 20, 2011 at 3:36pm — 1 Comment

kick against the pricks

Many people are familiar with the verse in Acts 9.4-5, where Jesus asks Paul, "Why persecutest thou me?...it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks."

I was reminded of this piece of scripture while recently reading a book entitled "The Dark Side of Charles Darwin", which is voluminously documented and describes how for much of "his adult life Darwin suffered from various combinations of severe psychological health problems, including severe depression, fits of hysterical…

Added by doug on August 18, 2011 at 12:06pm — 18 Comments

SMU DEBATE BETWEEN BART D. EHRMAN AND DR. DANIEL B. WALLACE

THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF NEW…

Added by Jeff H on August 16, 2011 at 11:09pm — No Comments

Existence

Existence is an 11-dimensional heart that beats and our purpose is to make sure it keeps beating

Added by Amir Yaari on August 5, 2011 at 5:00am — No Comments

Is Bart D. Ehrman a Putz?

One of my esteemed colleagues here recently called Professor Bart D. Ehrman a putz.

Until recently, I had never heard of Ehrman, however, because my colleague had been raving so much about the authenticity, historical accuracy and inerrancy of the bible, I thought I'd investigate it a little further own my own.

Now, I'm not an academic type and reading is not my thing but after taking a few digital courses on science oriented topics a couple of years ago…

Added by Kernel John on August 4, 2011 at 11:00pm — 7 Comments

Decription of Everything

Assume:

everything is equivalent to god

everything is equivalent to everything

god is what allows existence

Propose:

at one point in time the only existence was god, god than split into two - world and life.

world kept splitting into time and space

life kept splitting into energy and mass

and if we use belief…

Added by Amir Yaari on August 4, 2011 at 5:00am — 2 Comments

Equilibrium

equilibrium is the rule that allows the universe to exist, it holds everything and it describes everything. without equilibrium, the destruction of the world will happen at one point or another.

the word "holds" sits very well with this, it can be interpreted in many ways and all are extremely relevant in science and philosophy.

Like The Kernel said, "God holds the universe in it's hand" and in this way god = equilibrium.

In physics, all systems strive to be balanced or they and… Read More

Added by Amir Yaari on August 3, 2011 at 8:35am — 2 Comments