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• Variations, A Couple of Drops of Ink Diffusing Through Water

  

  It's very simple. You fill a tumbler, or some other suitable container, with water. Then drop a little ink into it and watch the ink diffuse, taking photos ever... Read more

  The 03 December 2019 by   Bbenzon
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• Are the Gospels Trumpian – Getting Some Details Right, But the Story All Wrong?

  

  At Christmas time, the Christian churches return to the gospel accounts of Christ’s birth and re-read the events as they are described. Read more

  The 03 December 2019 by   Stuart_gray
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• Was Jesus Actually Born on 25th December?

  

  December 25th has, for so many people on the planet, been the date when the celebration of Christmas happens. The celebration of the birth of Christ. BUT – was... Read more

  The 04 December 2019 by   Stuart_gray
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• Those Pesky Memes: Theoretical Imagery as a Block to Progress in Thinking About...

  

  What to I mean by “theoretical imagery”? I mean image schemas as the notion is used in, e.g., the cognitive metaphor notions of George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. Read more

  The 04 December 2019 by   Bbenzon
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• When Was Jesus Born?

  

  If Jesus wasn’t born on the 25th December (see https://respondblogs.wordpress.com/2019/12/04/was-jesus-actually-born-on-25th-december/), then when WAS Jesus... Read more

  The 05 December 2019 by   Stuart_gray
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• Some Informal Remarks on Jockers’ 3300 Node Graph: Part 1, “a Generic Time Trend...

  

  For some time I’ve thought my intellectual mission was to examine “stuff” that has been developed through largely discursive and informal methods and bring it t... Read more

  The 05 December 2019 by   Bbenzon
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• An Astrophysicist Talks About the First Christmas Star

  

  Christmas is all about twinkling lights. It’s one of the special things that makes this season so magical for little ones. And – of course – every year, it mean... Read more

  The 06 December 2019 by   Stuart_gray
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• Is the Reported Birth Place of Jesus Fictional?

  

  Bethlehem. Skeptics have sometimes rolled their eyes at the claim that Jesus was born there … in Bethlehem. “There’s no good evidence,” they say. What’s their... Read more

  The 07 December 2019 by   Stuart_gray
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• Real Theistic Design Arguments Aren’t Circular

  

  I had a fascinating discussion with someone recently who posed an interesting argument. He said that theists who point to the incredible unlikelihood of the... Read more

  The 09 December 2019 by   Stuart_gray
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• Some Informal Remarks on Jockers’ 3300 Node Graph: Part 2, Structure and...

  

  My previous note was about time and evolution. This one is about mechanism. And like the previous note, it is also about intuition – though I didn’t frame that... Read more

  The 09 December 2019 by   Bbenzon
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