Return to YouTube
Realizing that vlogging has always where I felt most at home, I have decided to revive my YouTube channel and this time integrate it with this blog. You can see the video here. My return video on YouTube
Year: 2018
Bias-checking beyond the mere checking of privilege
Instead of limiting it to just telling those with privilege to check their privileges, progressives should instead ask everyone to check all of the biases that can interfere with their faculty of reason. Anyone who’s spent any length of time Read more
The Problem with Theistic Optimism
Theistic optimism (the idea that the Universe is controlled by a God who will never give people more adversity than they can handle) is not merely an unsubstantiated viewpoint, but is also very harmful. It can cause victim-blaming, irrational self-blame, Read more
Needs of the many, needs of the few, and the axiom of aesthetic agreement
Spock’s comments on the needs of the many versus the needs of the few might be an opportunity to explore one possible axiom in aesthetic premise theory. At the end of the second Star Trek movie, Spock explains to Kirk Read more
The Galileo Spock fallacy
Obviously your reasoning is flawed if you assume that someone is going to behave reasonably in a particular situation without due cause for that assumption. But what do you call that fallacy? In the Star Trek episode, Galileo Seven, a Read more
Is it possible to uphold Christian values without believing in God?
While some of the attitudes encouraged in Christianity are unhealthy (even if not all such values require a belief in God per-se) there are a lot of values which Christianity shares with other religions and which are also good values Read more
No – There Is No “Need” to Believe in God
While many feel that their faith in God got them through hard times – did they really make it through because of their faith, or despite it? You can read the full article on my Virtual Stoa.
No – There Is No “Need” to Believe in God
While many feel that their faith in God got them through hard times – did they really make it through because of their faith, or despite it? Someone asked on Quora why people have an inherent “need” to believe in Read more
Non-Theistic Psalm no. 5
Non-Theistic Psalm no. 5: Composed 2018-02-26 in the evening. Some of us live short lives and others live long lives But only relative to the typical human life span. Even the longest lived person to ever live Lived but a Read more
Non-Theistic Psalm no. 5
Non-Theistic Psalm no. 5: Composed 2018-02-26 in the evening. Some of us live short lives and others live long lives But only relative to the typical human life span. Even the longest lived person to ever live Lived but a Read more