Author Archives: Mark R. Kelly

Status Today: Recovering Into the Twilight

Posted on 27 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Here’s a personal status post, about only me myself, with no links to or commentary about the outside world.

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Ls&Qs: Rationality and Fear

Posted on 26 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Two long quotes today, from opposite ends of the spectrum from rationality to fear.

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Ls&Cs: Interesting Times

Posted on 25 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

The latest on strategies to avoid long-term calamities, knowing of calamities and lying about them, the US compared to South America and Europe, and Americans’ grasp of reality.

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Ls&Cs: Computer world views; science fiction vs. fantasy

Posted on 24 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

A couple non-political posts today.

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Shankar Vedantam: USEFUL DELUSIONS (2021)

Posted on 23 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Here’s a book I read recently, just a week or so after returning from the hospital in late June, and which I’ve skimmed again in the past week to take notes and write up this summary. It’s one of two … Continue reading →

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Ls&Cs: Stupidity, Laws, Freedom vs. Death

Posted on 22 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

I had a couple interesting links to post today, but Facebook and the site The Verge, are not cooperating, so I’ll post the link there later. So a few links from earlier this month, about stupidity vs. enmity, laws that … Continue reading →

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Lc&Cs: 21Sep21

Posted on 21 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

I’m busy working some substantial books notes, as well as — much more importantly! — working the third phase of the SFADB ranked lists (for novellas). For today though, intending to maintain once a day posts on this blog, here … Continue reading →

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Ls&Cs: Letters to the NYT

Posted on 20 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Two letters in NYT’s SundayReview section yesterday capture two obvious objections to religion claims that have been around for eons but which the religious have never satisfactorily answered.

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Facebook Memes 19Sep21

Posted on 19 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

From this past week, about philosophy, billionaires and Fox News, the flawed Ten Commandments, what expertise is about, fear the Covid plan will work, conspiracy theories defined, and a protestor’s spelling.

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Ls&Cs: More About Thinking, or Not

Posted on 18 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Once again, the general theme is how some people think things through, and how others prefer “stories” or being told what to think. Heroes and villains; conservative media vs. coastal elites; when an enemy is not a speaker of a … Continue reading →

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