A Philosopher’s View of the World

 

Jul
10

Voter/Election Fraud

Back in 2020 Joe Biden has won the presidential election. Trump then claimed that Biden won through fraud, something that even Fox News greeted with some skepticism. Trump even claimed,

Jul
09

Metaphysics of Time Travel: Grandaddy Issues

George enjoyed and hated the privileged position of being the grandson of Edgar the Tyrant, the man who had killed his kindly brother Sam. Edgar had conquered the Seven Systems

Jul
08

Expand or Suppress Voting?

Very broadly speaking, Democrats and Republicans have adopted two fundamentally different strategies for winning elections. These strategies are not used in every race and by every candidate but are generally

Jul
07

Religious Freedom and Pandemics

Back in the last pandemic, lawsuits were filed by some religious groups because of  restrictions imposed in response to COVID-19. If the government imposes similar restrictions during a future pandemic,

Jul
06

AI in Higher Education: Three Threats

  As I type this Microsoft’s Copilot AI awaits, demon-like, for a summons to replace my words with its own. The temptation is great, but I resist. For now. But

Jul
05

AI TA Persona

As professors we worry students will use AI to cheat (until it takes our jobs). But we can also transform AI into a useful and engaging teaching assistant by creating

Jul
04

Mighty Victims 4: Anecdotal Evidence

Power holders in the United States tend to be white, male, straight, and (profess to be) Christian. Membership in these groups also seems to confer a degree of advantage relative

Jul
03

Mighty Victims 3: Mighty, Yet Somehow Victims

  When it is claimed that the “real victims” are white, male, straight or Christian, there is the obvious problem of explaining how this occurs. It cannot be that white,

 

 

 

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