Posts on the topic of Philosophy
In his autobiography Fulton Sheen devotes a chapter to the noble task of teaching. I present his suggestions for this profession and provide some commentaries.
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Rules and regulations are infiltrating our workplaces and everyday lives. I respond by saying that the human spirit need risk and adventure to flourish.
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Thomas Aquinas is notoriously difficult to understand for beginners in philosophy/theology. In this post I give a few tips to help you get through the beginning phase of getting acquainted with this thinker.
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Scientists are trying hard to give AI another elusive element: common sense. But how can we bequeath something if we’re slowly losing it ourselves?
Giving AI Something We Don’t Have – Common Sense Read More »
In this post I look at the fact that AI is and always will be fundamentally unintelligent because it lacks a core component: a soul. We are unique creatures. The soul gives us understanding and free will – something that we cannot give to machines.
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My review: I read this book after noting that Alain de Botton is a very interesting person. He made this apparent to me in his book entitled “The Architecture of Happiness”. When I saw “Religion for Atheists” on the shelf, I just had to see what a person like Alain had to say about religion
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There is a fundamental difference between humans and machines. Jack Ma, Chinese business magnate, co-founder of Alibaba, 35th richest man in the world, once said (in his half-broken English): Computers only have chips, men have the heart. It’s the heart where the wisdom comes from. Forgive me if I also quote myself on this topic:
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My review: It’s hard to not write a fascinating book on the Philosophy of the Internet. The Internet is a recent phenomenon that has pervaded all aspects of our lives at lightning speed. And just like social and political policies, philosophy is finding it hard to keep up. We just haven’t had the time to
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My review: I felt so sad throughout the entirety of this book. Sad because it seems as though Simone has never had a loving relationship (be it with her mother, partners, etc.) to show her that her disordered perception of the world of love and her cynicism towards it is unjustified. Unfortunately, as a result,
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My review: Fukuyama when writing this book shortly after the fall of communism in 1989 in Europe: “All animals are equal in a liberal democracy”. Reality a few decades later: “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others”. That’s the gist of the book and a succinct response to it. But let’s
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