When we are faced with a new social situation, we have a choice about how we will interact with the people we have just met. Maybe its a new job, or a new club we have joined. Maybe it’s a military unit or a street gang. We can choose to… Read More »Subservience, Co-operation or Dominance?
Is AI going to ruin the economy or take over the world? The short answer is no. The longer answer is yes, but not in the way that many people fear. The first thing to realise is that Artificial Intelligence is not Intelligent, at least using a strict definition of… Read More »AI : Is this the End?
Imagine an office filled with people and activity. Maybe it’s part of a company or maybe it’s in a public hospital or a school. A few of the workers enjoy a cup of coffee and the office doesn’t provide anything, so those workers band together and buy a kettle and… Read More »Hand in the Coffee Jar?
On Method I use the terms “calvinist” and “arminian” as a shorthand for the two basic positions. Not to say that those two people believed or taught these specific things, but that their names have become associated with these positions. Even within the two major positions there are a number… Read More »Determinism or Free Will?
Suppose there is a group of 20 children in the class, and they all like apples. Would you rather….a) give one apple to each of the 20 childrenb) give three apples to a random 10 of the children, and nothing to the other 10Which do you choose? Option (a) looks… Read More »Apples
In part 1, we looked at Violence, Trade and Law, with regard to Property. The Origin of Property In 1797, Sade wrote “Tracing the right of property back to its source, one infallibly arrives at usurpation. However, theft is only punished because it violates the right of property; but this right… Read More »On Property : 2 : Justice
When two strangers meet, and one desires something which the other has, the two have two options before them, whether they be individuals, ethnic groups, corporations, or nations. The first option is force: violence or the threat of violence. This option is chosen unilaterally by one party, believing themselves stronger,… Read More »On Property : 1 : Violence, Trade and Law
Humanists assert there are no gods, but that a non-god morality is still possible. Herewith, a straw man, based on different assumptions, to the ones I hold myself. Evolutionists assert that evolution is undirected, and without external meaning. That competition to reproduce is the driving factor. That there is no intrinsic… Read More »The Humanist Delusion