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More on My Proposed Solution to the Mind-Body Problem
My girlfriend sent me this interesting link that she was assigned in one of her classes. It reminded me of my earlier Free Advice posts in which I propose a solution to the mind-body problem. Here’s the short version (but follow the link to get the fuller context): ==> To (finally) recapitulate my own solution […]
Read moreJordan Peterson
I joined the bandwagon and started listening to Jordan Peterson’s podcast. Note, however, that this has NOTHING to do with his controversial stance regarding pronoun usage. I heard him on Tom Woods’ show when that issue was breaking, and didn’t think anything about his actual work. Rather, I know some people who were huge fans […]
Read moreThe Origin and Structure of the Universe
I saw “Is Genesis History?” a few weeks ago and thought it was very well done. Given its heroic (some would say impossible) task–namely, to interview a string of PhDs to say that it’s not crazy to believe in the Genesis account–I thought it was very impressive. I’m not saying it is a slam dunk […]
Read moreAn Example of Wishy-Washy Dualism versus Hardcore Scientific Materialism
In the comments of my post on materialism, Ken B. lives up to the stereotypical materialist better than anyone could have hoped. Among his other claims, he said that dualism offers not a single testable prediction, whereas materialism is falsifiable. (If I misread him, I will retract these statements, but I’m pretty sure that’s what […]
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