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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Philosophy: Holism
Science and religion… are friends, not foes, in the common quest for knowledge. Some people may find this surprising, for there’s a feeling throughout our society that religious belief is outmoded, or downright impossible, in a scientific age. I don’t … Continue reading → Continue reading
Education: Are we living in a post-academic world?
My aggravation with the modern education system is well-documented, but part of that aggravation is based on a legitimate question: have we entered into a post-academic era? For a long period of history, the best and sometimes only way to learn something was to gain that knowledge from someone already considered an expert in whatever the field […] Continue reading
Posted in Education, Philosophy
Tagged Credentials, Education Models, Self-education
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Readiness: Intermediate Readiness
Intermediate readiness represents an order of magnitude of greater complexity than immediate readiness. Planning for intermediate readiness means being ready for events that could last weeks to months or even years and usually represents planning for specific kinds of contingencies you might anticipate having in the place where you live. While intermediate readiness anticipates such changes, […] Continue reading
Posted in Food, Preparedness
Tagged Be ready now, Caching, clothing, Communications, Fuel, Intermediate readiness, Medical, planning, power, protection, readiness, shelter, Water
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Farming: Some thoughts on Punxsutawney Phil
So yesterday was Groundhog Day, complete with its requisite trotting out of the rodent and an internet full of mocking said rodent and the people who flock to him once per year. Now, I will grant you that the whole show surrounding Groundhog Day is ridiculous and proves nothing except that people like to have […] Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Philosophy
Tagged Animals, Farming, Groundhog Day, holism, nature, observation, Punxsutawney Phil, Reality, science
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Philosophy: The single family household is the worst idea ever
It is my opinion that, in the history of the worst ideas ever conceived, the idea of the single family household is among the worst of the worst. If we take a survey of the things done wrong in the … Continue reading → Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Society
Tagged communities, consumption, families, Resources, waste
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