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Unintended Insult of the Week

Posted in Culture, tagged , on 1 October 2009 | 1 Comment »

Heard today, from a testimonial in a TV commercial for a law firm:
They were more than lawyers. They were human beings.

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The Morality of the New Atheism

Posted in Apologetics, Culture, tagged , , , , on 19 August 2009 | 9 Comments »

When it comes to ethical theory, the apologists for the New Atheism are utilitarians almost to a man, if not actually to a man. They endorse some version of the “principle of utility”: what is morally right is what results in the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.
So what makes people happy? As [...]

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Unintended Irony of the Week

Posted in Culture, tagged , on 30 June 2009 | 1 Comment »

Observed today, on the cover of a gossip magazine displayed at every single checkout in the supermarket, in large yellow letters:
KATE’S PRIVATE HELL
If you’re asking “Kate who?” … consider yourself fortunate.

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Against All Tweets

Posted in Culture, tagged , , on 24 June 2009 | 25 Comments »

Semi-Serious Warm-Up Argument
(1) Twittering requires communication in 140 characters or less.
(2) Almost nothing of substance can be adequately communicated in 140 characters or less.
(3) Therefore, almost nothing of substance can be adequately communicated by Twittering.
(4) A method of communication is intrinsically flawed if almost nothing of substance can be adequately communicated by it.
(5) Therefore, Twittering [...]

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