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Showing posts with label Philosophy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philosophy. Show all posts
January 22, 2014

Truth & Consequences:
Reflections on the Grantland Controversy

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I am probably the reason a woman killed herself. This is an uncomfortable truth I thought I had left buried deep in my memory. But it craw...
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May 07, 2012

William James Checks in the Dark

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"What difference would it practically make to anyone if this notion rather than that notion were true? If no practical difference what...
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April 05, 2011

The Heart of a Champion

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Monday's national championship basketball game between Butler and UConn was, in a word, terrible. For any basketball fan unaffiliated wi...
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December 19, 2010

A Bad Beat Bakes My Noodle

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Oracle:  "I'd ask you to sit down, but, you're not going to anyway.  And don't worry about the vase." Neo:  "W...
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June 21, 2010

ET vs. Hannibal Lecter—Heads Up for Rolls!

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Hannibal Lecter:  First principles, Clarice.  Simplicity.  Read Marcus Aurelius.  Of each particular thing ask:  What is it, in itself?  Wha...
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April 15, 2010

The Absurdity of Poker

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The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. ...
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