Month: November 2002

  • Free Will vs. Determinism v2.0

    November 25th, 2002  The debate between free will and determinism stems from the apparent conflict between the universal rule of causality found in nature and the apparent ability of men to choose between multiple courses of action in order to lead to the most desirable outcome. Inorganic matter such as chairs, stones, and planets, blindly…

  • Rant on "structural racism"

    The following post was inspired by the fine folks at the Atheist & Agnostic listserv: It seems that everyone who has replied to my recent posts so far is stuck in the racist mindset. Black’s must obviously favor taking all the government’s money and steal…err, “redistributing” it to themselves and letting al the black criminals…

  • Art

    My art gallery is coming along at http://rationalmind.freecapitalists.org/art — not many images are present yet becuase I am working on the technical side…

  • More Updates…

    There’s a few more essays on my essay page, including one on Divine Inspiration and Religious Guilt Oh, and check out this list of 451 (and growing) proofs for God.

  • Listserv: Divine Inspiration and Religious Guilt

        I was writing a reply to a post, and thought that my idea was significant enough to merit an essay. Here goes:   Many theists claim that some sort of “spiritual connection” is a universal part of human experience and valid proof of some sort of spiritual realm. Furthermore, some Christians claim that…

  • New Art Website

    Check it out.

  • Listserv: Memorizing vs. Learning

    Being inspired by other people’s ideas and not having any of your own are two very different things. I have many heroes and sources from which I gain inspiration and material to further my own ideas and actions, and there’s nothing wrong with that. The key difference between the copy-cat and the independent thinker is…

  • Reports BusinessWeek:In April, 2002, hackers

    Reports BusinessWeek:In April, 2002, hackers broke into the payroll database for the state of California. For more than a month, cybercriminals rooted around in the personal information of 265,000 Golden State employees, ranging from Governor Gray Davis to maintenance workers and clerks. Worse, the California Controller’s Office, which ran the database, failed to notify state…

  • SuperFans Special: Halloween Edition

    Rest assured that the large number of empty beer bottles does NOT belong to me.

  • New Domain!

    I got a new domain today:rationalmind.freecapitalists.org and a new email: davidATrationalmindDOT N3T Hopefully, this will be my home on the web for the next few years!