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Proudly Selfish: July 2010
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Sunday, July 18, 2010. There is a lot of iPhone 4 hatred out there. Apple has recently come under a lot of fire for antenna performance, lack of so called 4G (actually 3.9G LTE. Let's examine the first criticism objectively in this post and I'll address the others in upcoming posts. First a comedic interlude. So what is really going on with these antenna issues? Has a great illustration of the difference between what iOS reported in 4.0 to 4.0.1. Compressed bar range out of any smartphone. The second iss...
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Proudly Selfish: Snowboarding
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011. Monday I went snowboarding for the first time. Elaine and I drove up to Blue Mountain, which is in Palmerton, PA north of Allentown. I signed up for their first time ski and board package. Which included all the rentals I needed and access to unlimited lessons and the green hills. I couldn't stop turning heal side (ie. right) and would end up wiping out after coming all the way around fakie. I'm not quite ready for fakie! On the 3rd run I got going really well and ended up bea...
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Proudly Selfish: Blowing Hard
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Thursday, August 25, 2011. I got into a conversation regarding wind power I'd like to share. Since I had listened to Alex Epstein's great Power Hour Interview. I was a bit more informed then my left leaning friend on energy issues. He did manage to stump me at one point so here is how the conversation went. The "intermittency and extreme variability of wind energy" means that you have to build as much conventional (coal, natural gas, nuclear, etc.) capacity wherever you build wind turbines. Ping Identity...
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Inductive Quest: June 2015
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A blog about what induction is, what others in the past have said about it, and what I think it is. Sunday, June 28, 2015. The Order of the Objectivist Metaphysics. Previous: The Metaphysically Given as Absolute. With the final principle of the Objectivist metaphysics articulated, we can now see the structure of this branch of philosophy. The Basic Axioms, and Their Corollaries. Links to this post. Friday, June 12, 2015. The Metaphysically Given as Absolute. Previous: The Primacy of Existence. Rediscover...
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Inductive Quest: August 2015
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A blog about what induction is, what others in the past have said about it, and what I think it is. Thursday, August 27, 2015. Objections to the Axioms (Part 6). This will probably be my last response to the metaphysical axioms for some time. A commenter raises the following issue:. Links to this post. Friday, August 14, 2015. Objections to the Axioms (Part 5). Objection: The Axioms Equivocate on Their Content. It highlights a seeming equivocation:. 8230;]In the Logical Structure of Objectivism. The axio...
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Inductive Quest: The Order of the Objectivist Metaphysics
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A blog about what induction is, what others in the past have said about it, and what I think it is. Sunday, June 28, 2015. The Order of the Objectivist Metaphysics. Previous: The Metaphysically Given as Absolute. With the final principle of the Objectivist metaphysics articulated, we can now see the structure of this branch of philosophy. The Basic Axioms, and Their Corollaries. 1 Existence: Existence exists. 2 Consciousness: Consciousness is conscious. 3 Identity: A is A. Whatever axioms and axiomatic c...
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Inductive Quest: Objections to the Axioms (Part 3)
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A blog about what induction is, what others in the past have said about it, and what I think it is. Saturday, July 25, 2015. Objections to the Axioms (Part 3). Previous: Objections to the Axioms (Part 2). Question: “Are Axioms Proven or Merely Assumptions? 8220;Are first principles or the axioms of logic (such as identity, non-contradiction) provable? If not, then isn't just an intuitive assumption that they are true? The axioms are neither “proven” nor “assumed.”. Infinite Regress of Proofs. The attempt...
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Inductive Quest: July 2015
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A blog about what induction is, what others in the past have said about it, and what I think it is. Saturday, July 25, 2015. Objections to the Axioms (Part 3). Previous: Objections to the Axioms (Part 2). Question: “Are Axioms Proven or Merely Assumptions? 8220;Are first principles or the axioms of logic (such as identity, non-contradiction) provable? If not, then isnt just an intuitive assumption that they are true? The axioms are neither “proven” nor “assumed.” . Links to this post. Links to this post.
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Inductive Quest: Short Induction of "Man's Life as the Standard of Moral Value"
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A blog about what induction is, what others in the past have said about it, and what I think it is. Saturday, August 25, 2012. Short Induction of "Man's Life as the Standard of Moral Value". I’ve shown what I think needs to be shown for the principle that “life is the standard of value.”. That applies to all living things as such. But humans are special, and it’s their special nature that brings in the necessity of morality. Everything I said in the previous section. Volition/Reason: Humans have volition...
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Inductive Quest: On Axiomatic Concepts and Axioms
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A blog about what induction is, what others in the past have said about it, and what I think it is. Wednesday, January 1, 2014. On Axiomatic Concepts and Axioms. If axioms are not to be automatically accepted, what are the axioms of the philosophy of Objectivism, and how does a person go about reaching and understanding them? To answer these questions, we have to discover how to reach the components of the axioms themselves: axiomatic concepts. The Method of Reaching Axiomatic Concepts. In one sense, axi...
