Natural Rights vs Artificial Rights The What, How, and Why of Natural Rights and Artificial Rights I’m going to define what ‘right’, the word, means first and where it comes from. This is to make sense of why people would use the word for ‘human rights’. Definitions: Right Right – true or correct as a […]
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A Bit About The Term Atheism
People seem to have different views of how the term atheism should be defined. Some believe that it should just mean there is a non-belief in theism. This tends to be what people would consider to be an agnostic view of if there is a god or gods. Other people believe it should mean there […]
Objective Morality
OBJECTIVE MORALITY [Purpose of document] – In this article I am going to outline how I think morality can be objective. Terms will be defined as their simpliciter versions. The intention is to ground morality in reality. NOTES: Introduce topic, say how this document is broken down, summarize conclusions, break down main terms in summary […]
Sympathy and Empathy
https://www.google.com/search?hl=&site=&q=define+sympathy https://www.google.com/search?hl=&site=&q=define+empathy
Free Will and Determinism
Free Will and Determinism Simplified Argument Nesting: Physics -> Chemistry -> Biology -> Body -> Brain -> Mind-> Thoughts Determinism is a physics thing within the physics context Free will is a mind and thoughts thing within the mind and thoughts context A bit about “free”: Free meaning without constraint. Free MUST be limited to […]
The Meaning of Meaning
The Meaning of Meaning – An explanation of what the concepts of ‘meaning’ and ‘mean’ mean. Includes some usages and such.
To Reduce Tax Use Concerns Make Some Elective
In high schools, colleges, and universities in the USA there are the mandatory classes and then you have the elective classes. Elective means it is chosen by the student rather than being required to be taken. You would have a set of classes that you must choose from, but you are allowed which ones you […]
What is a Community?
What is a Community Really? Well you see, it’s this amazing show that had Donald Glover in it. Abed is the best character though. Oh… That’s not what we are here for. Fine… Is the skeptic community a community? What is a community? Do you even know or care to know what the skeptic community […]
Trait Resonance and Trait Magnetism
There is an old adage that says “Birds of a feather flock together”. It commonly is used to illustrate that people that behave and think similarly tend to act and talk with one another. It’s likely a reason why people try to use the concept of guilt by association. While it is true that people […]
Causality Event Chain
CAUSALITY EVENT CHAIN (1st draft of a concept) Causality Event Chains are the chains of logic and or events that explain most scenarios. There are many areas of life that commonly use a series of three words to describe the scenario but all pretty much link together. Those are “Why, How, What”. The reason this is termed Causality Event Chain is because it defines the events chained together that […]