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Noam Chomsky on the Hard Problem of Consciousness
I don't really agree, but it's an interesting view as it is
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6 months ago
The Feynman Water Sprinkler Experiment
In his book "Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman!", Richard Feynman describes when he was a physics student and became interested in an age-old proble...
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How cool! Feynman was such an original thinker. Who would have thought of that? I'll bet he was the first.
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9 months ago
Debate: Chris Hedges vs. Sam Harris - Religion, Politics and the End of the World (1 of 2)
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - Sam Harris and Chris Hedges debate over the role that religion and politics play in Islamic extremism.
Credit: Truthdig
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Hedges has more insight and compassion about our current situation than anyone I've heard. He wants to keep his religion because that's his base. It's subtle, nuanced, and profound. Check out Reinhold Niehbur if you don't believe me. But Hedges can't define religion; society does. Seeing how...
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1 year ago
Glenn Greenwald Vs. Prof. Lessig On Citizens United (Cenk Moderates)
Greenwald's Take: http://tinyurl.com/yaehj7y
Lessig's Take: http://tinyurl.com/yl9hpxo
Fix Congress: http://www.fixcongressfirst...
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@DblOSmith Thinking this through some more, thanks in part to our dialog, I've changed my mind! We SHOULD put caps on campaign spending. I don't think that people are smart enough to discern a clever argument from a not-so-clever argument. What matters with most people I now believe is SHEER ...
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1 year ago
The Nightline Face-Off: Does God Have a Future? (12 of 12)
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@gary031183 ... i was being facetious ....
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1 year ago
Blacks Give Themselves a Bad Name
We do. Let's own up.
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You're showing your true humanity and that's what white people like me need to keep seeing. It beats down the racism in us that we were raised to believe in. Keep up the great work.
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1 year ago
I Am Embarrassed By Black People
Are you embarrassed when you see someone from your race acting ridiculous?
www.TheDreamReborn.com
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I'm Caucasian and I'm so glad you put this up. You're looking at things the I would if I had been born black. Anytime I see something that shows our common humanity, it makes me happy and more hopeful for the world. But you talk about being embarrassed by fellow black people, how would you lik...
@niriop See, I don't think we "abandoned" trying to understand why motion occurs. I googled "the hard problem of motion" and came up with nothing --except Chomsky in this video. And I'm not familiar with this being a "known problem."