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When raising a point, it’s essential for it to not have alternatives. Otherwise it doesn’t serve the argument.
This is a pretty straightforward way to dismiss essential point in many arguments for the existence of deities.
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As an unshakable dogmatic creationist, William Lame Lane Craig dusted off the several-hundred-years-old and thoroughly debunked ontological argument.
Apparently he’s been obsessed with it for some time.
I think that the brain has a desperate need to fill in gaps in knowledge.
(This is only mostly-complete but could always use updating.)
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Ideas aren’t real.
By default, they can’t be discerned as true or false.
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[I suppose I could have elaborated somewhat, but I’m just not feeling it]
The past has a tendency to oppress the future.
The weight of past efforts puts unwarranted value on their topics.
Incomplete activities can be seen as an investment and are given importance. This bias exists even though we have limited time, and we view our current/future actions against a return on investment (RoI).
It is a little true that there is some investment in the past. An overall understanding of the goals can be seen as an advantage compared with un-pursued new activities.
One’s hobby needs to be the processing of past works; reviewing them for value and either identifying them as needing to be done or throwing them away. Otherwise the amount of ideas generated will become overwhelming.
Don’t be chained to nostalgia or that tradition-of-self, filled with the regrets of things not completed “yet”.
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Entertainment, Intelligence > Atheism >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429323/
(on pbs.org)
These are old notes from earlier short videos, which were removed and which I don’t have.
This will get updated if and when I re-watch the proper thing.
A small shout-out to comedian Doug Stanhope.
While he’s been active for quite some time, I only recently discovered him.
He is an intelligent, strangely-articulate and entirely abrasive asshole of a comedian. I laughed out loud very loudly multiple times watching/listening to his work.
There are lots of torrents out there, and yes Doug is ok with you downloading his stuff. (See Joe Rogan’s podcast).
Some of his live stand-up is nowhere near as good as his professional performances. On the other hand, there can be a stiffness to the pro performances where they won’t compare to a really good live one. Below is what I’ve seen so far.
I recently watched The Mark Steel Lectures (torrent) and was amused and entertained. I recommend this series.
I will re-watch the shows and update this page in the future.
Andrew Mellen is a consultant, speaker and author who helps remove “stuff” from people’s lives.
I watched a couple of videos of him speaking. He’s entertaining, and has some interesting things to say and ways to get his ideas across. Not a lot of what he says is new to me, but there are some nice angles which made it worth my time to re-watch them and take notes.
These are my notes and thoughts.
