Total Eclipse

I was arguing with an acquaintance on matters tangential to political philosophy. He was arguing from a rather extreme, radical political position, while I was arguing towards a more moderate, and in my opinion more realistic position. At one point in the debate, I had the urge to just yell at him “But don’t you [...]

Check out this interesting question on Yedda Is there a god? Is there a god? And if so, who or what is god? Topics: people, philosophy, religion, hope, god, belief, humanity Asked by eGrant on September 01, 2006 View the entire discussion on Yedda

Cory Doctorow has recently posted a couple of interesting posts having to deal with ‘fanfiction’ on the best blog on all of the internets, BoingBoing. There is a notion of “original” work compared with “derivative” work, and the legal differences between these supposed separate states of affair. Creators hold intellectual property rights to their works [...]

This is a paper I wrote for my course in Order, Chaos and Complexity (given by the wonderfully -talented but stingy on the grade Dr. Yoav Ben-Dov, who I wholeheartedly recommend studying with if you ever have the chance). I figured since it was in English, I may as well post it here for posterity. [...]