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Elon Musk is bad at math

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Dwight

[Post at Preface to Atheism, Apr 11, 2024] Is Elon Musk bad at mathematics? The suggestion may not shock readers who remember him foolishly paying $44 billion for Twitter (now X). For that I give him a pass. He wanted … Continue reading →

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Defining Naturalism the Right Way

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Dwight

[Post at Preface to Atheism, Feb 19, 2024. I should probably have titled it “Defining Naturalism the Best Way.”] In a previous post, “What is Naturalism?”, I quoted William H Halverson’s A Concise Introduction to Philosophy, Fourth Edition, 1981 (Random … Continue reading →

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Roundess & What is Real

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Dwight

[Post at Preface to Atheism, Sept 16, 2023.] It’s natural to assume that what we see when we open our eyes is what the world looks like, that we see it as is. Sure, there may be more to it … Continue reading →

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John Shook’s analysis of Naturalism

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Dwight

[Third post on Preface to Atheism.] John Shook is one of the leading philosophers of naturalism. My understanding is that he advocates for pragmatic naturalism (evidence: he edited a book with that title, and has published books about the pragmatists … Continue reading →

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What is naturalism?

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Dwight

[This was my second post on Preface to Atheism, Aug 23, 2023.] In my first post I talked about my sudden flip to a natural worldview when I was young. I mentioned that I didn’t call what I believed naturalism … Continue reading →

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Preface to Atheism

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Dwight

[Preface to Atheism is a blog I started on SubStack. What follows is the first post from Aug 18, 2023] In this Substack, I will advocate atheism as entailed by the meta philosophy of naturalism rather than atheism based on … Continue reading →

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Mastodon

Posted on November 21, 2022 by Dwight

You can now follow me on Mastodon.

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Muse is the Antidote

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Dwight

My poetic muse has always been an alter-ego, chastising me for being too much in my head, too cerebral. Looking back over the years I can see that my muse has presented a more or less consistent message: life is … Continue reading →

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Mind is the Brain Improving Itself

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Dwight

Intelligence is being able to see what is right in front of you. Ignorance is looking at the world before you and seeing what you were taught to see. For thousands of years people looked at the night sky and … Continue reading →

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Why Something Rather Than Nothing?

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Dwight

“Why is there something rather than nothing?” is an unanswerable question, but the reason it’s an unanswerable question turns out to be interesting. First, is it an unanswerable question? Yes. For example, “God” cannot be the answer because God is … Continue reading →

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