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Feb 23, 2016

Trump on The Game of Thrones

Too good not to share. And then there is this (Thanks JedRothwell below):

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Feb 23, 2016

My Succinct Trump/US Presidential Prediction

Holy cow, Trump is a scary prospect. Like a smiley Hitler with more money and less intelligence. [caption id="attachment_7320" align="aligncenter" width="550"] By thierry

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Feb 23, 2016

Deterministic Bohmian Interpretation of Quantum Back in the Game

For those determinists out there, the Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum mechanics has often been seen as a thorn in the side. Actually, over recent years, certain more deterministic interpretations have found more favour.

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Feb 22, 2016

New figures show 40% of latest Free School proposals were from faith groups

The BHA reports (and for those who do not know what "free schools" are, see here): The Department for Education (DfE) has now published the names, locations, and religious characters of

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Feb 22, 2016

Filling The Void with Atheist and Humanist Poetry

Finally, a project that I have been working on for some time has come to fruition. Filling The Void: A Selection of Humanist And Atheist Poetry is released through Onus Books and features

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Feb 21, 2016

The Psychological Need For Certainty = Goddidit

Psychologically speaking, humans really struggle with a lack of certainty, with ambiguity and the unknown. If you think back to your own behaviour and pasts, I am sure that you can find anecdotal

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Feb 21, 2016

Former Yazidi Sex Slaves Form All-Female Battalion 'Sun Ladies' to Launch Assault on ISIS

In an interesting devlopment, former Yazidi sex slaves have taken to revenge in forming an all-female battalion to fight their oppressors. As Alalam reports: Hundreds of former ISIS sex slaves have joined an

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Feb 20, 2016

First Female African-American Prof sacked, I Mean Parts Ways, With Wheaton College

There is a very important debate going on about whether higher education institutions should be properly accredited if they constrain their faculty to only believing, or adhering to party lines. These is something

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Feb 20, 2016

Philosophy 101 (philpapers induced) #1 - a priori knowledge: yes or no?

Philosophy 101 (philpapers induced) #1 - a priori knowledge: yes or no?

Due to this post being lost in the handover from SIN to PAtheos, I am reposting it for the records, to add to the list of other philpapers ones. This one is a

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Feb 19, 2016

Should We Teach Our Kids Analogue Time? And Board Games vs Computer Games

Okay, so a total digression from my normal topics, but... I was wondering about the skill of reading an analogue clock. Why do we still have them? Are digital clocks far superior, given

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Feb 19, 2016

In the Meantime... Some Philpapers Links and Explanations

In the Meantime... Some Philpapers Links and Explanations

Patheos will be down for maintenance for most of today, so I will give you the back catalogue of my philpapers philosophical explanations as I am presently working on my new one, which

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Feb 18, 2016

"Ought". Where I part ways with Objectivism. - Guest Post by John Hodges

Here is a post from John Hodges, a commenter here at ATP. He kindly let me repost his argument here for your discussion delight. I do not call myself an Objectivist (large "

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