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History Made Me Do It

(or You Can’t Stop Yourself From Reading This)

Responsiblity is an important thing. It is the foundation of all systems of justice, from “God will send you to Hell (NSFW)” to systems that actually work. People must be held responsible for their actions, and must accept the consequences, even if they don’t know what those consequences are.

What is fundamental to the concept of responsibility of action is an assumption of free will. Without free will, an individual is not in control of their actions and choices. But does free will really exist, or is it simply a function of not knowing what the future holds?

WordPress and the War against Being Sophisticated

WordPress seems to take serious issue with the style of my prose. For some inconceivable reason, it proliferates a multitude of colour-coded proofreading suggestions against each and every blog article I write. It is remarkable that there are a few cases where it has no objection to a paragraph in its entirety.

God is a Hermaphroditic Pornographer

(or the Real AnswersInGenesis.com)

There is a classic logical contradiction in philosophy and theology that goes something like “Can God build a World Trade Centre so tall that even He can’t crash a plane into it?” I find myself in a similar conundrum trying to make sense of Genesis 3.

How to Fucking Noun

Language is an ever-changing beast, and English is the most mutagenic language in the world. Perhaps that is the reason why it is spoken in so many different countries; rather than try to teach a structured, invented language like Esperanto or Sindarin to foreigners, it is easier to allow English to transmogrify by the local language and its dialects.

Let’s start assuming!

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