Author Archives: Mark R. Kelly

Daniel C. Dennett, BREAKING THE SPELL, post 3

Posted on Thursday 5 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

A few more notes, and quotes.

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LQCs: Bad Map Projections; Worldle; Banned Books

Posted on Wednesday 4 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

I’ve commented a few times about map projections, and how projections of the entire globe are invariably misleading in one way or another, because there’s no accurate way to map a spherical surface onto a flat map. Inevitably there are … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Making Prohibitions vs. Solving Problems

Posted on Tuesday 3 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Big news today is that a draft of a Supreme Court decision about abortion was leaked, by someone, and the draft indicates an intention to completely overturn Roe v. Wade. As everyone’s been expecting for some time now. The shock … Continue reading →

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Daniel C. Dennett, BREAKING THE SPELL, post 2

Posted on Tuesday 3 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Finishing up key points and detailed notes on the second half of this book. Will have some general comments, and notes on the appendices, tomorrow.

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Daniel C. Dennett, BREAKING THE SPELL, post 1

Posted on Monday 2 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Here’s a book published in 2006. The author, Daniel C. Dennett, is a professor of philosophy at Tufts University. He became grouped among the four so-called “new atheists” of the 2000s, along with Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens, … Continue reading →

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Musings: Children, Conservatives, Liberals, the Wise, the Gods

Posted on Sunday 1 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Two thoughts for today.

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LQCs: Paranoia and Fantasy Realities

Posted on Saturday 30 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Pondering. NYT, 30 April 2022: Inside the Apocalyptic Worldview of ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ Subtitled: “Night after night, the host of the most-watched show in prime-time cable news uses a simple narrative to instill fear in his viewers: ‘They’ want to … Continue reading →

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Michel Onfray, ATHEIST MANIFESTO, summary

Posted on Saturday 30 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

One more time.

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Michel Onfray, ATHEIST MANIFESTO, post 2

Posted on Friday 29 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Finishing my summary and comments about this book. (From here on I’m preserving the author’s chapter section breaks, with titles, to illustrate the structure of the book…)

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Michel Onfray, ATHEIST MANIFESTO, post 1

Posted on Thursday 28 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Here is the most recent nonfiction book I’ve read this year; except for one, all the nf books I’ve read this year are now written up on this site. This book was published in French in 2005, and in English … Continue reading →

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