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Fun Einstein fact of the day
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Seeking value from serendipity: Eco, Ruse, Haidt
In his wonderful little book Serendipities: Language and Lunacy, Umberto Eco explores the power of false ideas. In the preface of the book he states concerning the first essay of the collection: The polemical title is “The Force of Falsity,” and in the lecture I wanted to show how a number of ideas that today…
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Still think elf on the shelf won’t throttle you in your sleep?
From Here. Sorry, couldn’t make it any bigger without it getting grainy, though.
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Alcohol and Pragmatic Inference – Avett Brothers’ “When I Drink”
I’ve been meaning to post this for a while. My wife and I recently went to see the Avett Brothers. It was a great show. It was a small crowd on a Sunday night, but you could tell they just really loved to play music. I’d highly recommend going to see them if they’re ever…
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What does Joel have against Charles Wesley?
Joel is posting music for Advent and he has left out Charles Wesley’s “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus.” I mean, I know there was the whole Whitefield thing, but he was still John’s brother.
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Tinkering with my blog