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Essay Home Page
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The various essays and rants in this section cover a broad range of topics. Many of the essays you'll see here began as entries in my online Weblog. No matter who you are, you'll probably find something in here to amuse, delight, or offend. Enjoy! |
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#1: Some Thoughts on Logic and Emotion Which is better, reason or emotion? Is there a divide between the rational mind and the intuitive mind? Some ideas about why the question is not the right one. |
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#2: Human Rights, Humanity, and What it Means to Be a Person We've all heard of "human rights." Do these rights actually exist, or are they just cultural artifacts? Is there an objective ruler to measure human rights? And who gets these rights, anyway? |
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#3: Some Thoughts on Beauty Because we all want a partner who's beautiful, right? |
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#4: On the Value of the Human Race Is humanity a blight on the planet? Would the world be better off without us? Are we living too far from the balance of nature? And why am I laughing at these questions? |
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#5: It's the User Interface, Stupid! Why my cell phone sucks, people still use Windows even though Linux is better (and free!), and every "iPod Killer" on the market has fallen down flat on its face. |
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#6: Polyamory, loss, and the superhuman soul No, it doesn't get any easier if you lose a partner when you have more than one...if you understand what makes each person unique. |
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#7: On the nature of communication Communication is a myth...or so says my more cynical side. And the philosophers have quantum physics all wrong. |
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 #8: Why I Am an OptimistThere is no God, no choir of angels, no paradise awaiting our earthly death. And that's good news! |
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