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I do <b>not</b> support creationism or this particular argument (with which I'm not familiar). There are interesting questions to be asked about why our universe has strongly negentropic feature whereever we look, and how to reconcile this with the second law of theormodynamics, or if the...

That's interesting. I'm not an expert on this, but maximum entropy is itself a state of sorts. A kind of attractor. I think at this point in the discussion, it might be worthwhile to make precise in what sense the term "teleological" is being used. The Wikipedia entry on "Teleology" features...

The usual narrative that Atheism is a modern phenomenon, and that humans have historically all been religious, is doubtful. It is quite likely that Atheists have always existed. It is even likely that religion is a comparatively novel phenomenon. One conjecture is arose with agriculture. Part...

What strikes me is how a human could not want to be anthropocentric. Well, maybe the evolution of humans has been extremely unlikely, and not advantageous for other species, but as a human, I have to say I care more about my perspective on evolution of species than an amoeba's.

What is only true for such systems? The 2LOT or its teleological phrasing?

What's wrong with teleological explanations in science? The Second Law of Thermodynamics for example is usually phrased in teleologial terms in that certain systems tend towards a final state of maximal entropy. This is a macroscopic description of certain forms of microscopic randomness. It...

The problem with Galileo is that he doesn't even have a remote understanding of what heliocentrism can mean to other people.

The originator seems to be David Mermin rather than Dirac.

I adored Buda as sharm foru rikht (Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame). I was astonished to find that it's creator was only 19 years old.

This broad-brush argument holds for any ownership group with more than one member. In particular, it holds for the group of owners w.r.t the social costs of private ownership.

Good stuff, thanks for sharing. How do you produce? You overlay the global tunes with electronica? Ableton? Any of the electronica your own?

A discussion of Carl Lewis's remarks in steroid nation. Here is Bolt's reply. Here Jamaica Olympic Association boss Mike Fennell explains that six (!) drug tests outside of competitions were made in in Jamaica in 2008!

And surprisingly, after European and American sporting bodies have instituted training season drug testing, all the top sprinters come from countries too poor to have such stringent testing disciplines. Also note that there are many chemical variants of EPO that are probably not tested for...

Where else would you want to live in London if you were interested in music? East London seems to have the highest number of clubs, bars with interesting music programming, galleries ...

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Do you mean that little place in a railroad arch?

Here is Joe Goddard's (Hot Chip) list of fav 2-Step tracks. Emphasis on late 2-Step.

This is a reasonable answer, but there is an equivocation in the use of value here that's confusing. In discussing Marx LTV one needs to distinguish Labour Value, which is defined as the average (relative to a given level of technological development) time needed to produce something...

Totally.

Yes and no. The LTV never speaks of "intrinsic" labour value because that depends on the available technology. Also the labour value is different from the exchange value (market price). Also the labour value does <i>not</i> depend on "how badly people want to eat (his) fish", that's relevant...