Category Archives: Random Thoughts

Framing is the new spin

Posted on September 14, 2007 by me

At one time, framing referred to the building of supportive structure of something; our founding fathers, for example, are also known as the framers of the Constitution. Now, however, framing has an altogether new meaning. According to WikiPedia, “Framing defines … Continue reading →

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“Nobelists” who believe in God

Posted on September 6, 2007 by me

Here’s an interesting site, billed as a free “e-book” (I don’t know what makes it an e-book as opposed to a website, but whatever…), nobelists.net. I guess the difference is that the book of which the site consists is titled … Continue reading →

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Listening to In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Posted on August 27, 2007 by me

Those who know me will probably not be surprised that I listen to In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida fairly regularly. In fact, over the past 2 or 3 days, I’ve let it play a dozen or more times. Sometimes I rotate a number of … Continue reading →

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and, speaking of irrefutability…

Posted on August 15, 2007 by me

“My gut feeling, and it’s nothing more than that,” he says, “is that there’s a 20 percent chance we’re living in a computer simulation.” – Nick Bostrom, another brilliant Oxford Prof. Check out the NYT article. Bostrom’s “gut feeling” is … Continue reading →

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