Philosophy & Ethics

“ plays the game all the way ”, because admitting so equals not playing it all the way. Neither can the ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Jul 23 2013 - 2:05pm

squirrel. If we mean another, he doesn’t. That’s all we need to know, and there’s nothing left to argue ...

Article - The Conversation - Jun 14 2015 - 8:00am

simply showing off.» *from All I Survey (1933). ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Nov 10 2011 - 7:11am

the intelligence of animals? From Pierre Boule to H.G. Wells, nearly all tales about ‘uplift’ of other ...

Article - David Brin - Sep 23 2012 - 12:23pm

of the form: IF x is present THEN y is present. For example, since we all have bodies, it is no ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 19 2009 - 4:03pm

"reads", "downloads", "likes" "ratings", "kudos", etc. All human ...

Blog Post - Vasil Penchev - May 18 2012 - 11:47pm

“fundamental” in the sense of a theory of everything, namely all-encompassing, being the “fundament” of ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Jan 23 2015 - 9:37pm

value the freedom of thought for people to be religious? Go to TAM and show me all the people so ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 6 2011 - 1:51pm

life based on that one. Who am I kidding? All of his studies are probably fraudulent. The ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Nov 1 2011 - 12:15pm

expectation that this vaguely defined thing called science is somewhat above all else and inherently good as ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Mar 20 2013 - 10:08am

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”Just this week, Iran responded to Israel preemptively bombing their planned nuclear weapons facility by launching missiles, and the Israeli missile defense system, the Iron Dome, stopped most of...

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John
We can know that this isn't purely a Trumpian thing because of the reviews from two years ago which basically said: 1) Astronomers have treated the people of Hawai'i like crap and owe...

The Thirty Meter Telescope May Be Cancelled Not by Ordinary People's Protest, but by Wealthy People's Whim · 20 hours ago
Hontas Farmer
I'm not going to say you are wrong about any of the above. I'd not be surprised by a rising price tag as that seems to be how these things always go. I can't think of any big science...

The Thirty Meter Telescope May Be Cancelled Not by Ordinary People's Protest, but by Wealthy People's Whim · 1 day ago
John
To be honest, TMT did this to themselves by not being honest about the cost from the start. Had they told everyone that the cost for the installation would be on the order of $3 billion (most of...

The Thirty Meter Telescope May Be Cancelled Not by Ordinary People's Protest, but by Wealthy People's Whim · 1 day ago
Zack Y.
Isn't this a dangerous inversion of how science is supposed to be done? What's to prevent this same scenario playing out for ANY potential discovery coming from a precision measurement...

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