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Fact And Truth

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Thought experiments (Gedankenexperimenten) are "facts" in the sense that they have a "real life" correlate in the form of electrochemical activity in the brain.

Do The Stars Impel Or Compel?

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Do the stars impel or compel?

If I only had a nickel for every time someone asks me this question... well, I'd have a lot of nickels! You would think this would be a "no brainer" for an astrologer to answer, and it is; but as usual the question is an onion best peeled gently, so as not to tear the eyes.

The Parable Of The Thermostat

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“So, an argument is sound when it is valid and actually has all true premises. Any of that stuff about deduction need any clarification or are there any questions or stuff?”

“Professor, it is too warm in the room. Can you turn up the AC?”

The Believer's Paradox

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"There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive." - Jack London
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By Adam J. Pearson

Paradox Is Power

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It seems as if the more aware we become, the more and more truth begins to contradict itself, yet again it doesn't, this is just one of the great paradoxes we discover on the journey inwards....

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