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Join me live, as I ask whether hope in Donald Trump winning the presidency in 2020 is false hope, or if he's playing '4D chess'. Links:Dominion Voting System Articles on BreitbartDonald Trump releases video statement repeating baseless vote fraud claimsSupreme Court ignores...

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“Lives are by definition precarious: they can be expunged at will or by accident; their persistence is in no sense guaranteed.” - Judith Butler, Precarious Life

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Continuing on Book II (through ch. 20) of John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689). How do we acquire our ideas of pain and pleasure, duration and motion? We talk primary (shape, size) and secondary (color, sound) qualities, the former of which are supposed to be...

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New links of interest to those interested in philosophy… “Multiverse theorists commit the inverse gambler’s fallacy” — Philip Goff (Durham) vs. the multiverse This department of philosophy has a “director of outreach,” and justifiably so — a survey...

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Interesting essay by philosopher Aaron Preston (Valparaiso), about an aspect of King's thought I was not familiar with.

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Organisms do not evolve blindly under forces beyond their control, but shape and influence the evolutionary environment itselfBy Kevin Laland & Lynn ChiuRead at Aeon

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How one magic word became a way of justifying Silicon Valley’s unconstrained power There are certain phrases that are central to the sway the tech industry holds over our collective imagination: they do not simply reflect our experience, they frame how we experience it in the...

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In meditation, the suggestion to 'let go' can seem a bit abstract, a little either/or. Softening, on the other hand, is different. You can't get it wrong. Tags: in practice, meditation, mindful awareness

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Demonstrating that vaccines will not end social distancing or mask wearing, even as we move towards mandatory vaccination.   Links:The insanity of the ‘immunity passport’ debateCovid: Vaccination will be required to fly, says Qantas chiefSocial distancing, masks...

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“Whereas other pursuits yield their fruit only to those who have practiced them to perfection, in the love and practice of wisdom knowledge is accompanied by delight; for here enjoying comes along with learning, not afterward.” - Epicurus, Vatican Sayings

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What makes a film transcendently bad? A cult classic, as opposed to merely unwatchable? Child Jackey appeared in 1966's Manos: The Hands of Fate, and she joins Mark, Erica, and Brian to discuss growing up in community theater, being reintroduced to her family movie by MST3K, and...

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The Board of Trustees of the University of Dallas, a Catholic university in Texas, has announced that philosopher Jonathan J. Sanford will be the school’s next president. Sanford, currently the school’s provost, has written on topics in ethics and ancient philosophy....

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An account here; an excerpt: Covid-19 patients who recovered from the disease still have robust immunity from the coronavirus eight months after infection, according to a new study.... [T]he new study does show that a small number of recovered people...

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‘I come into the peace of wild things’ – how the poet Wendell Berry finds respite in the awesome now of natureBy Aeon VideoWatch at Aeon

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Written by Ben Davies and Joshua Parker “COVID-19: Do not resuscitate orders might have been put in place without consent, watchdog says”. This recent headline followed an investigation by the Care Quality Commission into Do Not Attempt Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation...