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Owned by Unordained - Created on 07/07/2003 - Last edited on 11/01/2005 03/06/12 :: Article :: Carving out a Contraceptive Caveat for Catholics :: Affordable Care Act, Catholic Universities and Hospitals, Contraceptive and Abortifacient agents  03/13/11 :: Message :: Marriage and Equal Rights12/15/08 :: Quote :: Bertrand RussellEverything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise. 03/15/08 :: Quote :: Bertrand RussellThe greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution. 09/04/07 :: Reference :: (link) :: The God Fuse06/12/07 :: Quote :: Bertrand RussellThe most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. 05/20/07 :: Quote :: Friedrich NietzscheThe most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments. 11/08/06 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonIn matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. 11/01/05 :: Folder :: Concepts10/18/05 :: Article :: Stub - Evolution &c :: 10/03/05 :: Quote :: Henry KissingerWe must learn to distinguish morality from moralizing. 08/27/05 :: Quote :: Mark TwainIf it is a Miracle, any sort of evidence will answer, but if it is a Fact, proof is necessary. 08/26/05 :: Reference :: (link) :: Inside Ronald Reagan08/11/05 :: Reference :: (link) :: Fact Check08/01/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonShake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
06/28/05 :: Article :: Skepticism :: 06/09/05 :: Quote :: [unspecified]The more we disagree, the more chance there is that at least one of us
is right. 03/23/05 :: Quote :: Dale HancheyNever be too proud to steal a good idea. 02/26/05 :: Article :: On teaching evolution in public schools :: 02/14/05 :: Article :: Having a reason for laws :: Because I said so!02/11/05 :: Quote :: Bjarne StroustrupCuriously enough, the volume of interest and public debate is often inversely proportional to the importance of a feature. The reason is that it is much easier to have a firm opinion on a minor feature than on a major one; minor features fit directly into the current state of affairs, whereas major ones - by definition - do not.
[Editor's note: while this was in the context of C++ language featur [...] 01/30/05 :: Quote :: Chuang-tzuAll men know the utility of useful things; but they do not know the utility of futility.  01/27/05 :: Article :: Selfish :: taking a stab at "team ethics"01/17/05 :: Reference :: (link) :: Jon Stewart on Crossfire12/06/04 :: Article :: Ensis' Reproachable Tactics :: More tips on how to convince idiots and kill dialog11/04/04 :: Article :: A -> B -> C :: But wait..I only like B. I hate C!05/20/04 :: Article :: Holding back :: Laws are only for the lawful?05/20/04 :: Article :: The power to make people listen :: When you talk, does the world stand still?04/08/04 :: Article :: Consent & Ethics :: Yes, I'm telling you not to tell me what to do. Got a problem with that?04/07/04 :: Article :: Moral Authority? :: 03/12/04 :: Quote :: Victor HugoAn invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
(Translated from "On résiste à l'invasion des armées; on ne résiste pas à l'invasion des idées.") 03/03/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Arguments for the Existence of God and their Refutation03/02/04 :: Image :: First Law of Thermodynamics :: 02/18/04 :: Article :: Consent :: This is going to get nasty.02/12/04 :: Article :: Boobygate :: New and improved! Now easier to skim and ignore!!02/12/04 :: Article :: Baring it all :: Do we have to go there?02/12/04 :: Quote :: CS Lewis: "The Weight of Glory""To be ignorant and simple now--not to be able to meet the enemies on their own ground--would be to throw down our weapons and betray our uneducated brethren who have, under God, no defense but us against the intellectual attacks of the heathen. Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered." 02/11/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Handy Latin Phrases02/06/04 :: Article :: Postmodernism (again) :: Taking another (simpler?) stab at explaining it02/02/04 :: Article :: I'm thinking in plaid! :: We strive to make sure our editorials are as trendy as we can.01/20/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Logic and Fallacies01/16/04 :: Article :: On Godwin's Law :: Did you say Nazi?01/09/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: How to deconstruct almost anything01/09/04 :: Quote :: George D. PrenticeMany a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning. 12/03/03 :: Article :: Tips for making your arguments unbeatable :: Just a few tricks of the trade you might want to avoid picking up, if you care about fairness.11/13/03 :: Quote :: Michael PaineAn important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public. 11/09/03 :: Article :: Horseshoes and Handgrenades :: "Close enough" to what?11/05/03 :: Quote :: Arne TiseliusThe distinction between true and false appears to become increasingly blurred by... the pollution of the language. 11/03/03 :: Article :: Through the looking-glass :: Now, Kitty, let's consider who it was that dreamed it all. This is a serious question, my dear ...10/21/03 :: Article :: Anonymity :: Is the author's name the most important part of an article?10/17/03 :: Article :: Perceiving the flaws of perception? :: Postmodernism, subjectivity, and relativism are hardly well understood, and with reason!10/06/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Meme, Counter-meme10/03/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Godwin's Law09/28/03 :: Article :: The Great Black Box :: An idea for you to ignore and forget09/04/03 :: Quote :: Omar Khayam, 13th century philosopherHe who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool. Shun him.
He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a child. Teach him.
He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep. Wake him.
He who knows, and knows that he knows, is a leader. Follow him. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Albert EinsteinIf most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Aldous HuxleyFacts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Aldous HuxleyThere is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Aldous HuxleyMost human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Winston ChurchillA fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Albert EinsteinReality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: BerliozTime is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Edna St. Vincent MillayUpon this gifted age, in its dark hour,
Rains from the sky a meteoric shower
Of facts . . . they lie unquestioned, uncombined.
Wisdom enough to leech us of our ill
Is daily spun; but there exists no loom
To weave it into fabric. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Napoleon BonaparteHistory is a set of lies that people have agreed upon. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Sam BrownNever offend people with style when you can offend them with substance. 07/29/03 :: Article :: Hate mail? :: Taking a look at how people respond to sarcasm |
