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The Virtual Salt: September 2014
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Thoughts on the world parade, practical philosophy, opinions, ideas, observations, musings, reflections, and comments on whatever comes to mind. Wednesday, September 03, 2014. Why Our Culture Is Declining. What has caused this? Several factors are at work in a perfect storm. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Why Our Culture Is Declining. View my complete profile. You can email me at rharris followed by the at sign and then virtualsalt.com. Website help at SemTrak. Useful info at Health of My Family.
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The Virtual Salt: Problem Solving 101
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Thoughts on the world parade, practical philosophy, opinions, ideas, observations, musings, reflections, and comments on whatever comes to mind. Wednesday, July 15, 2015. I just read a review of a wireless router extender (the Netgear N300, which I own and enjoy). The owner said that the extender worked fine with his previous Internet service provider, but with the new provider, he couldn't get it to work after "five or six hours" of trying. So he posted a negative review of the extender on Amazon. There...
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The Virtual Salt: April 2015
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Thoughts on the world parade, practical philosophy, opinions, ideas, observations, musings, reflections, and comments on whatever comes to mind. Saturday, April 11, 2015. Do They Think We're Stupid, Part 3. This from an electric utility:. As we strive to provide you with the best customer service, we wanted you to know that you have the option to receive your bill online. Paperless Billing is a great alternative way to get your bill, providing convenience and peace of mind." Et cetera. Have you noticed t...
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The Virtual Salt: February 2015
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Thoughts on the world parade, practical philosophy, opinions, ideas, observations, musings, reflections, and comments on whatever comes to mind. Monday, February 16, 2015. Atheism and the Problem of Evil and Suffering. It has also been pointed out that if we got here by some purely naturalistic process (like evolution), how could we trust our brains to know that? Why try to change someone's beliefs when those beliefs are an accidental product of a random cosmos? What happens to the atheist argument then?
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The Virtual Salt: January 2015
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Thoughts on the world parade, practical philosophy, opinions, ideas, observations, musings, reflections, and comments on whatever comes to mind. Thursday, January 22, 2015. On the Persistence of Neo-Darwinism After Losing Its Explanatory Power. 1 Neo-Darwinism is an exercise in Procrustean science, where observations and conclusions are forced to fit the theory. In his book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,. 2 Relatedly, Daniel Kahneman, in Thinking Fast and Slow,. Ultimately, then, it's a worldv...
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The Virtual Salt: Why Some People Hate Rich People
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Thoughts on the world parade, practical philosophy, opinions, ideas, observations, musings, reflections, and comments on whatever comes to mind. Friday, May 08, 2015. Why Some People Hate Rich People. I've come to the conclusion that people who hate the rich and want "wealth distribution" have a Scrooge McDuck view of the rich. The problem is, there is no bin with three cubic acres of money. Rich people don't accumulate warehouses of cash. Their money is invested, working for them. The money ...Robert Ha...
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The Virtual Salt: July 2015
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Thoughts on the world parade, practical philosophy, opinions, ideas, observations, musings, reflections, and comments on whatever comes to mind. Thursday, July 30, 2015. Is Neo-Darwinian Exposition Often a Case of Science Fiction or Fiction Science? In my book, The Integration of Faith and Learning: A Worldview Approach. I referenced William D. Romey's article, "Science as Fiction or Nonfiction: A Physical Scientist's View from a General Semantics Perspective" ( ETC. For novelistic purposes, the distinct...
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The Virtual Salt: Special Pleading
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Thoughts on the world parade, practical philosophy, opinions, ideas, observations, musings, reflections, and comments on whatever comes to mind. Tuesday, June 09, 2015. Have you noticed recently that there is such polarization among disputants that those with different views are no longer simply "wrong." They are now "evil.". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. You can email me at rharris followed by the at sign and then virtualsalt.com. Website help at SemTrak.
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The Virtual Salt: Is Neo-Darwinian Exposition Often a Case of Science Fiction or Fiction Science?
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Thoughts on the world parade, practical philosophy, opinions, ideas, observations, musings, reflections, and comments on whatever comes to mind. Thursday, July 30, 2015. Is Neo-Darwinian Exposition Often a Case of Science Fiction or Fiction Science? In my book, The Integration of Faith and Learning: A Worldview Approach. I referenced William D. Romey's article, "Science as Fiction or Nonfiction: A Physical Scientist's View from a General Semantics Perspective" ( ETC. For novelistic purposes, the distinct...
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The Virtual Salt: August 2015
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Thoughts on the world parade, practical philosophy, opinions, ideas, observations, musings, reflections, and comments on whatever comes to mind. Monday, August 03, 2015. Two Mistaken Mental Models: Thermostat and Air Conditioning. The analogy-based understanding you create is known as a mental model. It's your intellectual explanation of how the thing works or what it does. But this is where the model is wrong. Automobile crankcases are open systems, where oil can leak out or even be combusted if it ...
