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Nothing Comes for Free
If you have think that you have been getting something in free or too easily, then I will say think again!!!!! When I say free, I do not means in monetary terms only, broadly it means something happen without any action, event or any reason. We can define these entire triggering events as cost for …
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Psychological perspective of a human - The Egg!
There are articles that have philosophy equivalent to a novel. This article written by Andy weir is one of those legendary articles. It gives you a new perspective to life as a whole.
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The Flash
Quick off the mark!
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Are ugly people oppressed?
We all know our culture puts a premium on good looks – does that mean that the ugly are oppressed? The faces and forms of oppression are many, but nearly all of them flow from injustice, the treatment of people otherwise than they deserve. It’s hard to say what exactly any one person deserves, of course, but in the modern world we tend to think that desert is somehow related to what people can control.
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Is the Universe a Simulation?
If so, that would help explain some mysterious things about math.
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Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 01 "THE MORAL SIDE OF MURDER"
This is the first lecture from a Harvard University class on the philosophy of justice. The entire series is highly recommended! PART ONE: THE MORAL SIDE OF MURDER PART TWO: THE CASE FOR CANNIBALISM
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When Doctors Need to Lie
I ONCE had the unenviable task of informing a 22-year-old Jamaican man that he was suffering from severe heart failure and would probably need a heart transplant. The man’s father warned me that his son would be devastated to hear the diagnosis. “It would mean a lot to me if you could go back in and tell him he’s going to be all right,” the father pleaded. “Please tell him that if he does the things you say, he’s going to be O.K.”
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Open Door to Solitude
Every couple of months, 68-year-old Ed Zevely rides into the Colorado high country to camp for weeks at a time—and he does it completely alone. Through thunderstorms, open meadows and treacherous passes, he finds his own patch of serenity. Far from the modern world, it’s a place where the only goal is to move and breathe, and where you can truly understand the difference between loneliness and solitude.
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Zeno’s Paradox Is a Trick—But a Very Interesting Trick
The Greek philosopher Zeno wrote a book of paradoxes nearly 2,500 years ago. “Achilles and the Tortoise” is the easiest to understand, but it’s devilishly difficult to explain away. For those who haven’t already learned it, here are the basics of Zeno’s logic puzzle, as we understand it after generations...
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Playing With Plato
Philosophers eager to write for popular audiences are finding readers who want answers science can’t offer.
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Science’s crisis of faith
In the fifth century B.C., the philosopher Democritus proposed that all matter was made of tiny and indivisible atoms, which came in various sizes and textures—some hard and some soft, some smooth and some thorny. The atoms themselves were taken as givens. In the nineteenth century, scientists discovered that the chemical properties of atoms repeat periodically (and created the periodic table to reflect this fact), but the origins of such patterns remained mysterious...
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Greed Is Good: A 300-Year History of a Dangerous Idea
Not long ago, the pursuit of commercial self-interest was largely reviled. How did we come to accept it?
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Stupid Jeebot Questions: Where Does An Atheist’s Morality Come From?
In the short amount of time I've had this blog, I think the entire christicle population of the world has either asked where I get my morality from or insinuated that without the Bible, I could not possibly have any. Annnnnd.... breath, 2, 3, 4, breath, 2, 3, 4... This is my favourite topic, because…
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How to listen to our future citizens
Democracies are notoriously short-sighted. Yet with one simple device, we could give future citizens a say in our present
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How To Think Like An Ancient Philosopher
We live in a world that is, in many ways, more predictable and under our own control than it has ever been before. We can predict the weather, find information on any subject almost instantaneously, have almost any material item delivered to our door within 24 hours with the click of a button, and can communicate with others across any distance or time zones.
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Creating a 'morality pill' more a question of ethics than science
Is there any way that we could create a drug that would make us moral? This is the question Molly Crockett, neuroscientist at Oxford University, posed to the crowd at a Brain Boosters event organised as part of the NERRI Project in London this week.
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When Good People Do Bad Things
New research finds being in a group makes some people lose touch with their personal morality.
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25 Life Changing Lessons to Learn from Buddha
There are so many beautiful, powerful and life changing lessons I have learned from studying Buddhism and from reading many of Buddha’s quotes. And today I want to share 25 of these beautiful lessons with you.
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The end of humanity: Nick Bostrom at TEDxOxford
Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom began thinking of a future full of human enhancement, nanotechnology and cloning long before they became mainstream concerns. Bostrom approaches both the inevitable and the speculative using the tools of philosophy, bioethics and probability.
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60 Seconds That Will Change How You Think
Please share this video anyway you can, i think its a powerful message that could help a lot of people.
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