Winter’s Haven

Philosophers have spent a lot of time and effort trying to determine the necessary and sufficient conditions for a subject, S, to “know” a propostition, p. Once upon a time, the Justified True Belief theory was ascendent. JTB says that S knows p iff (1) p is true, (2) S believes p, and (3) S [...]

My laptop has been having power problems. Again. In the past, power problems have caused the plug (the one on the end of the AC adapter which plugs into the back of the laptop) to become very hot, causing the plastic part of it to melt. This has some bad effects: (1) it coats part [...]

Reposted from The Atheist Experience (see the original post):
This is hilarious. More than 800 Hong Kong citizens are pushing to have the Bible legally classified as indecent material. In actuality, this is all by way of making a point about freedom of speech and of the press. Recently a column in a university newspaper containing [...]

Just in case anyone out there doesn’t already read xkcd, I’d like to point you to the recent comic concerning conspiracy theories and cognitive biases. Thought-provoking and hilarious, as xkcd always is.

I recently discovered some truly delicious cookies on the store self: Kashi Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies. The problem is that they are moderately expensive, and I’m hooked. Although I am a decent cook, I have very little experience baking. Does anyone know how to reverse engineer a cookie?

Distributed Republic is running a series of articles in remembrance of the victims of communism, both past and present.