Robert Thibadeau

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Mendaciology

The Study of Lies — The Latin word for lie is mendacio. In English that old word still exists in the word “mendacity” and it floats about in other languages too, like Spanish. The study of lies might naturally be called Mendaciology. Imagine a world with a course, if not a degree, in Mendaciology. The…

Mendaciology

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Fiat Lies are Genocide on the Human Race

The science of lies is a cognitive science. René Descartes (1596–1650 AD) of Cartesian Coordinates fame, e.g. “(x,y)”, was the father of cognitive science. Seeking the nature of truth, he said “I think therefore I am.” …

Lies

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Everyone’s Got Their Own Big Lies, and That’s The Point

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Jessica Wildfire

Believe it or not there is a science of lies.

Believe it or not there is a science of lies. The science basically says we all lie all the time to someone. Brains just don't work the way you might suppose. Here is what we know by the science you can confirm for yourself: Fiat Lies are Genocide on the Human Race The Internet Court of Liesmedium.com Big lies work for politicians because…

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World Wide Web

Robert Thibadeau, Ph.D. November 30, 1993 — I never thought I would see the day When books looked superfluous. I saw, the day before yesterday, The world. I leapt about, from Japan, to Here, to Australia To Finland, To Italy. Like it was nothing. And I…

Poem

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6 days ago

Here’s a direct link to the MP3 (hosting courtesy of the Internet Archive; they’ll host your stuff for free, forever):

Podcasting “View A SKU”

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Cory Doctorow

Corey,

Corey, Are you aware of the irony of using the Internet Archive? Brewster Kahle's web site popularity service which was an extension for browsers was sold to Bezos (Amazon) for $100M. Brewster then started the archive. Nothing is free. You are just using Amazon money taken from the "children of…

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Jul 27

Make America Think Again

Jeff Helman

If you are unaware of this on turning around the country that has gone crazy, it's been done before.

If you are unaware of this on turning around the country that has gone crazy, it's been done before. Here is a pamplet from 1940 that had great effect and taught how. You might be surprised at how we are all the back to then, now. https://medium.com/liecatcher/maga-democracy-circa-1940-80a59d4cfbc3

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https://medium.com/liecatcher/maga-democracy-circa-1940-80a59d4cfbc3

Jul 26

…absorb. Once you reach 100% humidity, the air cannot absorb anymore and evaporative cooling ceases. At that point, other forms of cooling such as convection currents and radiation continue as long as your body is warmer than its surroundings. These are, unfortunately, far less efficient.

The scariest metric of the climate change era: Wet Bulb Globe Temperature

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Tim Andersen, Ph.D.

This is very important advice. Some more detail which you skipped over:

This is very important advice. Some more detail which you skipped over: Radiation comes in two types: reflection and emission. The Saudi's have it right. Wear white clothes. Human skin and PURE white has an emissivity of approximately 1 (perfect). White has a reflectivity very near that of a mirror…

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Jul 26

Why none of my books are available on Audible

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Cory Doctorow

Cory,

Cory, Thanks for the typically nice complete narrative. It is always welcome because you tell the truth. That said, I think you have conflated several aspects on DRM that need separation. As DRM was setting in there were several separate arguments. I have a slightly more nuanced view of these…

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Jul 25

Ha ha, Descartes proved that nature exists no matter what you (or he) calls it.

Neil Graham

You obviously missed Descartes' major point.

You obviously missed Descartes' major point. It was that there is perfection in nature that humans cannot ever understand. That is proof of God's perfection. Descartes major theme is that he is proving the existence of God. In fact, Descartes rejects the possibility that nature (as we understand it) exists…

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Jul 25

Descartes was fallible.

Edwin Wollet

I have no empirical evidence that YOUR god exists.

I have no empirical evidence that YOUR god exists. That is your problem. I have plenty of empirical evidence that God exists as defined and accepted by millions of other people for many many years and as I have defined the term "God" without ambiguity. Yes, people have criticised Descartes…

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