I’m sure most of you have heard about this book called The Secret. The author Rhonda Byrne has jumped on the “It’s all about me” bandwagon professing the trendy “power of thought” psychology/philosophy. Ms. Byrne would have you believe that the only thing stopping you from achieving health, wealth, and love are your own thoughts [...]
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What if every mundane, repetitive and/or low paying job were replaced by computers/robots just like in Sci-Fi movies? They already are… from check-out counters to call centers, all types of manufacturing and even… education. I think it’s reasonable to assume that as corporations look for even more ways to cut costs and technology advances, this [...]
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I am attempting to classify the various explanations of the existence of religion, so chime in the comments. They are: 1. The intentionality explanation Human beings are agents and highly adapted to social life. As a result, our cognition tends to take what Dennett calls the “intentional stance”. That is, we ascribe intentions to non-agent [...]
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