Theory[colloquial] and Theory[science] |
From Wikipedia:
In common usage, people often use the word theory to signify a conjecture, an opinion, or a speculation. In this usage, a theory is not necessarily based on facts; in other words, it i...
Posted by Stan on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:37:00 PST |
Conspiracy Theories, Ignorance, and Honesty |
A wise principle to adopt is this: Try not to subscribe, end especially refrain from peddling to others, conspiracy theories that rely on premises you're ignorant of.
For instance, if you read about a...
Posted by Stan on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:29:00 PST |
St. Augustine re: Science &. Scripture |
"Usually, even a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens, and the other elements of this world, about the motion and orbit of the stars and even their size and relative positions, a...
Posted by Stan on Tue, 08 May 2007 10:54:00 PST |
New Hammerfall and Manowar |
So I got ahold of the new HammerFall album "Threshold" and the new ManOwaR album "Gods of War." So far, the HammerFall album is EXCELLENT. I'm lovin' it. It's simultaneously ridiculous and amazing. Ha...
Posted by Stan on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:31:00 PST |
Philosophy: Is Atheism a Religion? |
I enjoy discussing many different things, and one of those things is religion. While I am not an atheist, in discussions of religion, atheism often comes up. Atheism means, "without god." In...
Posted by Stan on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 04:24:00 PST |
Philosophy: Abstractions |
An abstraction is different than a "concept" or "idea" of an abstraction. Concepts and ideas can be are aggregates of material events (the biological process of conceptualizing). So one might say a co...
Posted by Stan on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:59:00 PST |
Check out my Pandora radio station! |
I have a station on Pandora.com entitled "True Metal."
You can access it by clicking here:
http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh20209483281919473
Pandora is a music streaming service that plays random songs b...
Posted by Stan on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:34:00 PST |
AIM Name: ExtremeStan |
This is a homage to Evan who had to extrapolate my AIM name, the poor soul.
Posted by Stan on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:31:00 PST |
GemRogue |
I've been working on a new hobby programming project for about a week. It's nicknamed GemRogue, and it's a platform game like Mario 2 except all the levels are randomly generated!
It uses the C# game ...
Posted by Stan on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:50:00 PST |
Birthday Party / Job Search |
Yesterday we invited several people that Kerry and I know through Anthony and Sarah over for a birthday party. We had food and drink and played Wii. It was probably the most fun birthday party I've ev...
Posted by Stan on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:42:00 PST |
