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• Resolution to Read in July: History

  

  Being that it is July, and given that Independence Day for the United States of America is in just a few days, it seems fitting to make the Philosophy of Histor... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2011 BOOKS, PHILOSOPHY

• Fortune Telling and Professional Forecasting

  

  I am a professional forecaster. That is, I must attempt to predict the future with a relative degree of accuracy, although in a narrow regard, for particular... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2011 CULTURE

• Wireless Politics: The Future of Democracy

  

  Wireless devices will contribute to the changing social, political, and media consumption patterns of the global citizenry in ways that will have dramatic... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Water Wars in the Future

  

  Access to clean sources of fresh water is a growing environmental concern for the international system, and disputes between states over this precious resource... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Realizing Resonance's Top 10 Songs About The Future

  

  Since the philosophical theme for Realizing Resonance this month is the Future, I have devised a list of my top ten songs about the Future. I am attending... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2011 ART & DESIGN, BOOKS, CULTURE, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY, THEATRE & OPERA

• Quantitative Easing Explained Or Cartoony Fallacies?

  

  There is a really problematic misunderstanding of the Federal Reserve’s role in the economy brewing in this country. All of the sudden everyone on the internet... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Artificial Consciousness and the Endicott Test

  

  The mathematician Alan Turing, famous for his World War II code-breaking exploits, is also well known for offering a procedure for determining whether true... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2011 PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE

• Resolution to Read in June: The Future

  

  For the month of June the theme for Realizing Resonance is The Future! In my day job I forecast the future, even if only for narrow slice of reality, so this... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY

• Is Language an Instinct?

  

  In his book, The Language Instinct, Steven Pinker makes the case that universal grammar is an innate human ability that is an acquired trait of evolution. This... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2011 CULTURE, LANGUAGES, PHILOSOPHY

• Solve That Paradox: The Mind-Body Problem

  

  The Mind-Body Problem is a huge predicament in Philosophy, and science for that matter, and it speaks to our lack of true understanding of what consciousness is. Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2011 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY

• The Feeling of Rationality

  

  Elliot’s case is peculiar from a psychological perspective and tragic from a personal one. A benign tumor the size of a small orange was successfully removed... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2011 BIOLOGY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Is Evolutionary Psychology the Best Explanation for My Behavior?

  

  The emergence of human consciousness remains a relatively enigmatic thing to many people, including me. Evolutionary Psychology seeks to understand the mind... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2011 BIOLOGY, HEALTH, PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Resolution to Read in May: Mind

  

  With the crazy news about the Osama raid, I got off track from my original intentions this month and had to publish a couple of articles on the subject of... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2011 BOOKS, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUALITY

• Terrorism Semantics

  

  With the death of Osama bin Laden as the top trending news story, discussions on the future of terrorism have become a prominent subtext. Given that the War on... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2011 CULTURE, CURRENT, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY

• Osama May Be Dead but the News Story is Not

  

  Have you heard? Osama Bin Laden was shot and killed by U.S. Special Forces and his body is already at the bottom of the Arabian Sea. This is wonderful news for... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2011 CULTURE, CURRENT, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY

• The Band Practice Dialogues: Government and the Social Contract

  

  The hard rock band Realizing Resonance performs enthusiastically in their otherwise empty rented practice space. The band is comprised of four members, Taylor i... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2011 PHILOSOPHY

• Realizing Resonance’s Top 10 Songs About Money

  

  So, the theme of the month for Realizing Resonance was originally to be Spring Cleaning, but with last four posts in a row being about economics I think it is... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2011 CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY

• Foolish Boom Time Forecasts Give Cover to Fraud

  

  When times have been good, and people are optimistic, it is easy to be fooled by the trend. The enthusiasm of the boom years is the optimum atmosphere for... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, FINANCE, PHILOSOPHY

• The Evolution of Supply-Side Economics

  

  The Supply-Side School of economics gets its moniker from its exclusive emphasis on government factors that affect production such as taxes and regulation.... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Ending the Great Depression and the Regulation Legacy

  

  The Great Depression has enjoyed renewed interest in the last couple of years. Not only because the Great Recession of 2008/09 is the worst economic crisis sinc... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2011 BUSINESS, CULTURE, ECONOMICS, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY