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You can’t you can’t wipe out good qualia any more than we were able to wipe out wolves and coyotes. Good qualia has deep roots, and, it can adapt. We can suppress it a little bit, but it comes back. The human landscape is no match for ecosystems. 

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We often use metaphors to frame our understanding: a revolutionary metaphor, an erotic metaphor, an economic metaphor, or a religious metaphor. Problems arise when metaphors are mixed, as people struggle to reconcile them. How can you claim the mother of the messiah was a virgin? How can the son ofContinue Reading

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Here’s a novel definition of God. Being God allows you to murder, manipulate, maim, and bully without a conscience, all in the name of some grand plan. So it is that do-gooders and scientists and everybody who wants to make the world a better place is playing at God.  ButContinue Reading