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Programming’s not for everyone
I used to think, as I suspect that most people think, that near enough everyone can learn to program if they were to put their mind to it. Recently I’ve been questioning this idea, and now I think...
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The end of the world
Today is Friday, 21st December 2012, and marks the biggest end of the world prediction of our lifetime. I first became aware of the date around 8 years ago from watching The X-Files in secondary...
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Social apathy
Social apathy seems to have stricken developed countries. I don’t see it fit for me to criticise what others should be interested in, but if there’s something that, as a society, we should all...
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The meaning of life
Like many people, I spent a long time trying to decide on what I felt was the purpose of my existence. I’ve come across so many answers to the meaning of life that it took me a long time to be able to...
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Towards an objective morality
This morning I was involved in a debate in which a person noted that some atheists condemned the actions of God as immoral, and so he pushed them to give him the moral standard against which they were...
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Nationalism and prejudice
Speck of Sand Above our nations’ selfish thoughts There hangs a ceiling black and bright A hundred million sparkling spots Nature’s gifted humbling sight Lost in blindness goes its grace Its twinkling...
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Time travel
In this article I want to explore the idea of using time travel to affect the course of history, to right wrongs, and otherwise impose one’s own wants and wishes onto the past in order to shape the...
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Two reasons why I don’t believe in free will
I suppose that a post on free will has been a long time coming so I felt perhaps I ought to get round to finally writing it. In this essay I want to make two points: 1., that claims of free will are...
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How to stay motivated
I’ve seen that a lot of people appear to struggle with how to stay motivated. Most people make resolutions for themselves, but more often than not the resolve to stand by those resolutions fizzles...
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Certainty and ignorance
Although I write about and am engaged with politics these days, I haven’t always held much in the way of political opinions. The impetus for beginning an interest in it came from one conversation too...
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