The Human Comedy
March 31, 2022
A. E. Houseman, artificial intelligence, Azerbaijan, David J. Chalmers, is the world a simulation?, Joe Biden, Myanmar, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy0 Comment
The article I was reading posed the question, “Can we prove the world isn’t a simulation?” (by David J. Chalmers, Nautilus, Issue 42, pgs. 47.) It’s a tech version of a long-established philosophical conundrum, “Can you prove you’re not asleep?” After finishing the a
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March 22, 2022
Blitzkrieg., Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Germany Calling, John Birmingham, Lord Haw-Haw, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Russian invasion of Ukraine, The Zero Hour, Tokyo Rose, Tucker Carlson, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Winston Churchill
Words matter, and the right words matter most of all, according to writer John Birmingham. History bears this out. During World War II, Winston Churchill’s speeches galvanized Londoners with hope despite the German Blitzkrieg. Let us, therefore, brace ourselves to our duties, and
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