Monthly Archives: September 2024

The Myth Of Morality

Richard Joyce writes in this 2007 book: * We have evolved to categorize aspects of the world using moral concepts. Natural selection has provided us with a tendency to invest the world with values that it does not contain, demands … Continue reading

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Optimally Irrational: The Good Reasons We Behave The Way We Do

Lionel Page wrote in this 2022 book: * the brain represents only 2% of an average adult body’s weight, but 20% of its consumed energy. * In a famous study, Schkade and Kahneman (1998) found that while people tend to … Continue reading

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When Reason Goes On Holiday: Philosophers in Politics

Neven Sesardic wrote in this 2016 book: ^ Many contemporary philosophers have disgraced themselves by defending totalitarian political systems and advocating political ideas they should have easily recognized as distasteful and inhumane. To give just three well – known examples, … Continue reading

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Bibi Netanyahu can guarantee a Trump presidency by waging aggressive war (9-27-24)

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David Samuels, Sebastian Gorka Allege Tucker Is A Fed

Colby Hall writes for Mediaite: Gorka argued the former Fox News host is holding Trump and the Republican Party hostage to anti-Semitism. He cited a lengthy column from David Samuels in Tablet Magazine, titled “Op Nation: Why Tucker Carlson became … Continue reading

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