Sam Harris recently released a book on the topic of free will. I haven’t read the book yet, but watched a presentation he gave of ideas from his book. Traditionally there are three positions offered. Determinism, which essentially states that we could not have made any alternative choices, as our choices are determined by pre-existing… Continue reading Sam Harris on Free Will
Month: November 2012
November African language Wikipedia update: Afrikaans passes Swahili
Time to take another look at the progress of African and African language Wikipedia projects. African Language Wikipedias Language 1/1/2007 11/2/2011 13/4/2012 16/11/2012 Malagasy 3806 36767 38753 Yoruba 517 12174 29894 30158 Afrikaans 6149 17002 22115 24821 Swahili 2980 21244 23481 24519 Amharic 742 6738 11572 11806 Egyptian Arabic 8433
US election news you may not have heard about
Listening to the US presidential candidates talking about who is more supportive of coal, or who will be tougher on foreign affairs, it can be easy to believe nothing will change, or that voting makes little difference. But there were real choices on offer, and 2012 saw many firsts. Here’s my summary of some of… Continue reading US election news you may not have heard about