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Owned by Ensis Involucrus - Created on 03/02/2004 - Never edited  11/01/05 :: Folder :: Philosophy & Argumentation11/01/05 :: Folder :: Religion07/24/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Entropy, Disorder, and Life03/02/04 :: Image :: First and Second laws Graphed together :: Do you see the problem? I do.03/02/04 :: Image :: Second Law of Thermodynamics: Entropy :: 07/08/03 :: Folder :: Technology 03/03/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Arguments for the Existence of God and their Refutation 02/12/04 :: Quote :: CS Lewis: "The Weight of Glory""To be ignorant and simple now--not to be able to meet the enemies on their own ground--would be to throw down our weapons and betray our uneducated brethren who have, under God, no defense but us against the intellectual attacks of the heathen. Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered." 08/01/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonShake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
 02/26/05 :: Article :: On teaching evolution in public schools :: 12/15/08 :: Quote :: Bertrand RussellEverything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise. 11/09/03 :: Article :: Horseshoes and Handgrenades :: "Close enough" to what?09/04/03 :: Quote :: Edna St. Vincent MillayUpon this gifted age, in its dark hour,
Rains from the sky a meteoric shower
Of facts . . . they lie unquestioned, uncombined.
Wisdom enough to leech us of our ill
Is daily spun; but there exists no loom
To weave it into fabric. 02/11/05 :: Quote :: Bjarne StroustrupCuriously enough, the volume of interest and public debate is often inversely proportional to the importance of a feature. The reason is that it is much easier to have a firm opinion on a minor feature than on a major one; minor features fit directly into the current state of affairs, whereas major ones - by definition - do not.
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