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Drifting, Gifting and Grifting: a Nietzschean Look at the Farthest-Right

The Washington Post, the NY Times and most other news media are way overdue in their falsely mild descriptions of a power-mad Supreme…

Jul 6

Drifting, Gifting and Grifting: a Nietzschean Look at the Farthest-Right

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The Philosophy of Empathy

The word “EMPATHY” was invented in the late 19th century as an experience that’s above and beyond “sympathy” or “pity.” To empathize is to…

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ODE TO A FELON

Trump, more than Biden, is starting to show signs of dementia: forgetting names (even of friends, if he truly has any), blurting out…

Jun 20

ODE TO A FELON

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Shaky Foundations

“It was believed by all the great mathematicians, from Aristotle to Newton, that every true statement has a proof. Even David Hilbert…

Apr 29

Shaky Foundations

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Two Types of Meaningfulness in Life

Distinguishing psychological meaningfulness or meaninglessness from the philosophical. We all experience both the psychological and the…

Oct 29, 2022

Two Types of Meaningfulness in Life

Oct 29, 2022

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Our mutual respect for Nietzsche should also remind us that he--following the British philosopher…

I have experienced what Nietzsche calls the sublime vs. the beautiful. Some years ago I visited the Chicago Art Institute, which has one of…

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Get Ready for the Post-Biden Election

If Harris or another Democrat is ascending, can Vance be far behind? After all, Trump is looking and talking older every day. But it’s not…

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Get Ready for the Post-Biden Election

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WHO’S DEMENTED?

…or is at least getting closer to that sad state in the current race for the White House? Of the major players, Biden’s lifelong…

Jul 19

WHO’S DEMENTED?

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Ethical Chatbots?

The issue of ethical guardrails for GAI runs into two problems: (1) there’s usually way more emphasis than Turing made on exactly what he…

Jun 23

Jun 23

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Money and ManyStories

Am I correct that paying more will put us almost full-time on the home page? Whatever happened to level of quality in writing, subject…

Jun 8

Money and ManyStories

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Dr. Rich Spiegel

Dr. Rich Spiegel

PhD:ethics, logic.A top-10 writer for MS twice in Oct. '23, 9 features too. 106+ articles and stories on Medium with 139+ followers; 105+ followers on LinkedIn.

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