Keith’s Conundrums: What Is a Boundary?
If evolution has no purpose, and our organs developed according to evolution, what’s the purpose of our organs?
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Keith’s Conundrums: What Is the Purpose of Our Organs?
If evolution has no purpose, and our organs developed according to evolution, what’s the purpose of our organs?
Keith’s Conundrums: Wordplay
By Keith Douglas No answer on the question of non-classical logics (i.e., not the Frege-Russell logic often taught by philosophers, mathematicians, computer scientists, etc). This one is tricky — there are literally hundreds of non-classical logics. People sometimes wonder what principles one uses to literally change how one reasons. This is sometimes how the question is put,…
The “Scambra”
By Sandra Dunham Online bra sales must be big business judging by the number of social media ads I receive. Recently, I spotted what I thought might be the bra of my dreams. It looked so comfortable that I decided to invest a few minutes to watch their video. Apparently two “women doctors” developed this bra…
Keith’s Conundrums: Following a Contradiction
By Keith Douglas My retelling of the classic story of Hilbert’s Hotel had one more point beyond “Think about infinity!” It was about how dangerous it is to think one understands something by the vividness and life-like nature of the description, and about how dangerous it is to regard “how something appears” as the be all…