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The first talk of Dan Dennett that I watched, disappointed me. (It was his talk on “Believing in Belief”.) My disappointment came at the end of the talk, when he employed rhetorical devices reminiscent of what I see at creationist talks. Anyway, he’s still a potent thinker, worth listening to.
Check his TED talk on memes. [...]

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Looking for another source of sanity, I came across this little box of magic I seemed to recall using a long, long time ago… Finding the remote, I discovered the fourth chapter of a documentary: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Documentaries from 1986, lol.
(Random ramblings below.)

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There’s a traditional piece of advice: don’t do business with friends and family.
Why is that? Might that not be an indication that there’s something wrong with the way we do business or build relationships? Could it be because our approach to business is too cut-throat and ugly? Should we not aim to improve our business [...]

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Rumour has it CMI (Creation Ministries International) is visiting Stellenbosch Campus again.
Topic: Evolution: a dark age for science and society?
Date: 5 March 2008
Venue: Sanlam Hall, Neelsie Student Centre
Time: 13:00-14:00
Expect a response on this blog within 72 hours of the event. If anyone would like to contribute, let me know.
(The photo of a poster was contributed [...]

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I’m sure everyone has some sort of liberation story to tell. In my particular case, large parts of the journey into the promised land occurred between the front and back covers of a handful of books. I thought I’d share some of the recent waypoints on my journey with the world.
This particular phase of my [...]

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First post in a series…
I am not theologically trained, I’m just an electronic or software engineer that turned amateur theology into my official thesis procrastination project. (This was a part of the process of deconstructing and defeating the harmful memes that had lodged themselves in my mind, as well as figuring out how best to [...]

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This is a post about ill-fated firmware upgrades, likely not interesting to the regular reader of this blog.

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One verse often quoted, 2 Timothy 3:16 (NIV):
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
This was also quoted during the “Foundations 1″ course from Shofar that I attended on 27 January 2008, resulting in an interesting (private) conversation at the end of the session. I was curious what [...]

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This is a sequel to (Re?)Introducing Meh and Lah. Read that first.
Picture now the creation of an artificial world. A simulation. Possibly an artificial life simulation, or a MMORPG like World of Warcraft, or something along those lines. This creation is performed by a human, using his hands, creating something new in Lah. He or [...]

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I have a number of copies of RealLivePreacher.com available, a book containing a collection of some of the best essays by Gordon Atkins. If you are in South Africa and would like a copy, let me know! It will be only R110. (Previous price did not include import tax. If you placed an order at [...]

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