Category: Books
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Quote of The Day 22 January 2014 – Believing
“When it comes to believing in god, I really, really tried… but… the more you look around, the more you realize… something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger filth, poverty, torture, crime corruption, the ice capades… This is not good work. If this is the best god can do, I’m not impressed. Results…
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Quote of the Day 21 January 2014 – Desolate
“Oftentimes we call Life bitter names, but only when we ourselves are bitter and dark. And we deem her empty and unprofitable, but only when the soul goes wandering in desolate places, and the heart is drunken with over-mindfulness of self. Life is deep and high and distant; and though only your vast vision can…
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Quote of the Day 20 January 2014 – empirical evidence
“On the philosophical level, both Buddhism and modern science share a deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, whether conceptualize as a transcendent being, as an eternal, unchanging principle such as soul, or as a fundamental substratum of reality. … In the Buddhist investigation of reality, at least in principle, empirical evidence should triumph over…
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Debunking Blood-Type Diet Debunkers – I’m The Proof
FACT CHECK: My first impression of this study is that while they recognize certain factors and results as anecdotal, I find ALL results and assumptions anecdotal because of the nature and uncontrollable variables of the study. Scientific factors and explanations aside, this study is flawed. This study (by design) does not meet the standards of…
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Quote of the Day 17 January 2014 – Perception
“Even if it were possible to cast my horoscope in this one life, and to make an accurate prediction about my future, it would not be possible to ‘show’ it to me because as soon as I saw it my future would change by definition. This is why Werner Heisenberg‘s adaptation of the Hays Office—the…
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Anonymous Quote of the Day 15 January 2014 – Believe
If you resist reading what you disagree with, how will you ever acquire deeper insights into what you believe? The things most worth reading are precisely those that challenge our convictions. Related articles College Students Anonymously Create Beautiful Illustrated Quotes on a Classroom Chalkboard Each Week Anonymous hacks MIT website on anniversary of Aaron Swartz…
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Quote of the Day 14 January 2014 – Time
“…unfortunately, it’s true: time does heal. It will do so whether you like it or not, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. If you’re not careful, time will take away everything that ever hurt you, everything you have ever lost, and replace it with knowledge. Time is a machine: it will convert your…