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Published by Matthew Davidson on Sun, 30/12/2018 - 9:59pm
Oh, my. Think I've accumulated some sleep debt over the festive season. Tried to catch up on #, but couldn't keep my eyes open this morning. Finally went to bed for a nap, and the phone went off. # I don't see how I can do this, but I can't afford not to. Lovely Sunday casual rates.
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Sunday, 30 December 2018 - 6:08pm

Published by Matthew Davidson on Sun, 30/12/2018 - 6:08pm in
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This week, I have been mostly reading:

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Published by Matthew Davidson on Sat, 29/12/2018 - 4:05pm
Also pleased to see that Peter Davison is a fellow wild-haired scruffy baldy. Finally he's a role model I can realistically emulate. #
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Samir Chopra

Published by Matthew Davidson on Sat, 29/12/2018 - 3:33pm
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Published by Matthew Davidson on Sat, 29/12/2018 - 2:47pm
Oh, nice. I have no idea how anybody has enough time to listen to all the # productions, and I will not be listening to this, but I'm glad it was done.
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Published by Matthew Davidson on Sat, 29/12/2018 - 12:32pm
All Irish names are essentially just riffing on "John". https://www.eschatonblog.com/2018/11/life-lessons.html
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Published by Matthew Davidson on Sat, 29/12/2018 - 12:15pm
"The central fact of your education is this:
You’ve been taught to believe that what you discover by thinking.
By examining your own thoughts and perceptions,
Is unimportant and unauthorised.
As a result, you fear thinking,
And you don’t believe your thoughts are interesting,
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Published by Matthew Davidson on Fri, 28/12/2018 - 6:59pm
Damn, I feel good. No reason. I just do.
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Published by Matthew Davidson on Fri, 28/12/2018 - 5:27pm
Oh, okay. So the problem is academics, not publishers or "intellectual property", so # is actually counter-productive. Thanks for fixing that for me.
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Published by Matthew Davidson on Fri, 28/12/2018 - 5:01pm
As #'s been saying for decades, # didn't exorcise the ghost from the machine, he exorcised the machine. Since Newton, it's all spooky action at a distance. Dualism is over, and matter lost. There is only the hard problem. Consciousness is not some uniquely outlying non-deterministic puzzle; it's just as puzzling as everything else.
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