The universe is fundamentally chaotic, get over it. When I say chaotic, I definitely don't mean random. This does not mean there are not random aspects to our existence. In chaotic systems we can find patterns that can repeat. Counting the iterations it takes to solve a complex equations with imaginary numbers can lead to … Continue reading Chaos
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Let's clear this up straight away, well actually I am or I might be an atheist, by at least some definitions. For me it is not a big deal. I am certainly an atheist in the sense that I actively disbelieve in many, if not most, Gods. I lack disbelief in pantheism and gods that … Continue reading Why I Am Not An Atheist
If you are planning on visiting Seattle and intend visiting the Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibition in the near future by all means avoid this blog. In fact don't click on the link. But if you plan on not ever going to the exhibit, by all means read on and click on the links. Other-worldly … Continue reading Chihuly
Back in 2014, Lex Bayor and John Figdor had a go at creating a new version of the ten commandments. They did this by organizing a contest where there would be ten - 1000 $ prizes. The contestants had to submit their ten commandments and the reasoning for each of them. They had a panel … Continue reading Eight Suggestions
A more modern Villa Park I am an Aston Villa fan … well not one those rabid ones. I can recall seeing them four times live and probably seen a professional football match six times live. The first time I saw a football match I was six years old. It was at Villa Park in … Continue reading Aston Villa
I have put this monism blog under religion, but it could have easily fit under free will or other stuff (philosophy). Having said that, interpretations of some religions can be monistic. There are various flavours of monism, eg in opposition to dualism (ie) mind versus matter, good and evil. Some see monism as a priority … Continue reading Monism
Last summer I did an Ancestry DNA test. I did not expect a lot of surprises, in that, the place of my ancestry is relatively a monoculture DNA wise. Unlike the UK where all sorts of DNA is mixed in and I am not just referring to the recent (last 100 years) of immigrants. Having … Continue reading Ancestry
On Wednesday 14th I was listening to a cartoonist, Bruce MacKinnon, talking on CBC Radio about his cartoon of President Trump and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pointing smoking guns at each with a dead Canadian lying between them. This is the obvious reference to the shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 over Tehran; with … Continue reading Connectivity
Sometimes I can't help thinking people write nonsense about complexity. They ascribe all sorts of supposedly emergent properties to these complex objects; whether these objects be animate or inanimate. Now we take these objects and think of them somehow independent of their environment. In the vernacular, this sort of thinking is useful. It allows for … Continue reading Complexity
The Big Picture Greg on his blog has added a defence for free will and it is based Sean Carroll's book The Big Picture. Now it's almost three years since I read the book, I thought it a really interesting book. Not that I took everything as gospel, and I did not agree with Carroll's … Continue reading Freedom to Choose
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