Category Archives: Ideas

Thoughts about the world.

Talent Is Overrated

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

“Talent” is a word that is tossed around all too often, whether for top musicians or businessmen, or even just a person who creates popular Youtube videos. The idea of talent is in nearly every case taken for granted. As … Continue reading →

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Are We in a Simulation? A Scientific Test

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

According to a recent article, scientists are planning a test to determine whether our universe is a computer simulation. This is pretty relevant to my blog as I have discussed this idea a number of times before [1] [2] [3] … Continue reading →

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Determinism from the Perspective of the Simulation Argument

Posted on September 22, 2012 by

With true randomness, we cannot say that the universe is deterministic, but with the basis that everything is governed by natural laws, it equally makes no sense to assert the existence of free will. Continue reading →

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An Atheist’s View on Morality

Posted on September 14, 2012 by

This is in response to my previous article, “Ethical Dilemmas and Human Morality.” In that article I listed several questions in several situations and asked you, the reader, what you would do in each case. At the end, I promised … Continue reading →

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Utopia vs Dystopia: A Matter of Semantics?

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

After witnessing the dystopian societies of 1984, Brave New World, and The Hunger Games, I wondered to myself, what would a Utopia really be? What differentiates a Utopia from a Dystopia? Is there always a fine line? If you have learned … Continue reading →

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Morals

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

Some wonder how a person like me manages to have morals. They think that we atheists naturally have no sense of right or wrong, and that we are cold, faithless individuals. But where they commonly err is that they believe … Continue reading →

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My Mirror Behavior

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

One of the coolest things about college is all the new and fascinating people you meet. This probably has greatly to do with the diversity of American universities. The Cornell freshman class, for instance, has students from every state except … Continue reading →

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