Atheism is Not a Religion Like Any Other
Dogma makes all the difference.
On Commanding Respect
In their deep insecurities, people get respect all wrong.
Russell’s Non-Paradox Paradox and The Origin of Time
A perspective that helped me wrap my mind around some really tricky issues.
Descartes Messed Up
The masterful reasoning behind “I think, therefore I am” brought him to almost exactly the wrong conclusion
The Weird Secret to Effortless Fitness
ONE simple fact about getting in shape fast and easy!
Technology Won’t Set Us Free
Tech’s promise: A future with no more work, easy living, and an end to suffering … Well, that’s not gonna happen!
Don’t Be Like Mold
… or The Obvious Thing About AI that LinkedIn Hype Bros Don’t Understand.
Skikkelig sær skriving og orddeling
Synes du det er vanskelig å vite hvilke ord som skal slås sammen? Det er sånt som visse mennesker får høyt blodtrykk av. Her er noen tips som kan hjelpe deg forbedre den norske folkehelsen.
On Grounding Your Faith
The real final judgement is not God’s judgement of you — it is your judgement of God
The Real Question to the Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything
Getting past the sex life of demons, the motivations of chickens, and the challenges of disassembling IKEA furniture in the dark, to get to the one question that answers everything.
Cosmic Psycho … Or: Is God Really the Good Guy?
There’s a proud tradition in literature to write stories from the perspective of despicable protagonists and unreliable narrators. Do we know God is not one of them?
Let’s Reinvent American Democracy
The U.S. election system is broken, lifting privileged attention hogs with narcissistic traits up the ladder. Let’s redesign our entire system for choosing our representatives and leaders, from the ground up.
Who Wants a Theory of Everything?
It’s about time someone answered all the difficult questions about the universe once and for all, isn’t it? And since no one else seems to be taking the task seriously, I guess it’s up to me…
La oss forbedre brev på mobilen
Selv i 2024 mottar jeg fortsatt ganske ofte gode, gamle brev – men på mobilen. Noen har satt seg ned foran PC-en, skrevet et brev med 11-punkts skrift på et A4-ark, og så sendt det til en app, der brevet knapt kan leses. Her er det…
How Some Designers Create Bad Clients
Some words of advice to young designers on what their clients want to see.
Blood and Soil and Blind Faith in The Holy Land
When we’re vilifying one side or the other for the senseless killing in the Middle East, chances are we’ve got the sides wrong.
How do Christians Know What to Believe?
The question in the title is sincere, and if you are a thoughtful, believing Christian, I hope you will answer it in the comments. But to get better answers, I want to give some context for the question, and hopefully challenge you a bit in the process.
The Way We Think About Time is All Wrong
… and it makes us say and do silly things – like claim that the universe is 14 billion years old or compare ourselves to people born at approximately the same time as us. If we can change how we see time, we can see how silly that is, and maybe add some more time to our lives in the process.
Don’t Underestimate The Reckless Stupidity of Columbus
We’re coming up on that time of year, again, when we can’t agree on whether we should be celebrating Columbus or not. Much of the controversy has been debated to death, but I don’t think we’ve quite internalized, as a culture, quite what a remarkably…
Predicting the Collapse of Society
Book Review: End Times by Peter Turchin. An ambitious, but not exactly optimistic, take on history, current events, and our near future.