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Heresy is the Best Policy: Why Society Should Support Heretics (Part 2 of 2)

The world needs heretics. If every philosopher, every writer or every artist agrees with what’s generally accepted, society will never progress. If...

Heresy is the Best Policy: The Value of Heresy (Part 1 of 2)

The great Clarence Darrow once said, “To think is to differ.” This truth implies that those who cannot disagree cannot think....

Ecce homo, or, Why a freethinker writes

The main motivation of a true thinker for writing her thoughts and ideas should, I believe, be this – so that...

Philosophy and the tragic virtues, or Philosophy as an ode to life

  All of philosophy originates from two things – burning curiosity and uncompromising honesty. All the other rudiments of good philosophy like...

What The Debate About the RH Bill Shouldn’t Be About

There are some laws that a country should pass if it is to make progress into the 21st century. The Reproductive Health...

What In The World is Laser? (Part 3 of 3)

PART 3 How are laser beams produced? Laser beams are the product of stimulated emission of light. But what is stimulated...

What In The World is Laser? (Part 2 of 3)

PART 2   What do we mean by "highly coherent, usually monochromatic beam of electromagnetic waves"?   For the sake of brevity, from now on...

What In The World is Laser? (Part 1 of 3)

What in the world is laser? PART 1     We use them to point at things in a slide presentation; snipers use them...

For what more?

For what more do I need religion?

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