This idea just struck me. It’s so obvious that it probably flies right over most people’s heads. Lotteries. Lotteries in a free society would not be run by a state monopoly. Anyone could start up a lottery. Right now, the state takes a massive chunk of lottery proceeds for itself. That money could be...
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Philosophy
The Funding of Public Works In A Free Society
The State Is A Religious Institution
Religion: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith. Faith: firm belief in something for which there is no proof. On the website Debate.org, the question of whether government is necessary or not was put up for debate. One of the responses that was given in favor government being a necessity...
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Research Shows Prayer Alleviates Depression, Fertility Problems and Surgical Complications
Fascinating. The Daily Mail reports: …The study, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, said : ‘Our work suggests that people with a moderate to high level of belief in a higher power do significantly better in short-term psychiatric treatment than those without, regardless of their religious affiliation. Belief was associated with not only improved psychological...
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Epiphanies About Fear
I’ve had an epiphany about fear and religion. This is pretty deep shit, so hang on. My first argument is that fear can only arise from a state of not-knowing. Fear is only manifested by the unknown. Now that might sound like a bold claim, but consider it deeply for moment. I’m going to...
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Carl Jung’s Near Death Experience, From His Autobiography
It should be noted that at the time Jung underwent his near death experience, no images of the Earth from space existed. The first image from space was taken in 1946. Color images of the Earth from space did not exist until the DODGE satellite in 1967. His account of the Earth is striking in...
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Technologies To Save Us From Ourselves: Force Fields and Bitcoins?
I often say that violence is incapable of solving social problems, but I also often fail to address just what exactly will solve social problems. In this article, I want to discuss a few hypothetical pieces of technology that would change the world we live in for the better. In today’s society, we...
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Economist Walter Block’s Advocacy of Russian Roulette To Solve Social Problems – Crime and Punishment In a Free Society
Recently one of my favorite economists, Prof. Walter Block, gave an interview in which he discussed possible forms of punishment for crimes in a stateless society. While I agree with the good professor on 99.9% of his views, I’ve come to have some major disagreements with his philosophy on crime and punishment. In this article,...
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Rupert Sheldrake at EU 2013 – “Science Set Free”
A fantastic lecture by Rupert Sheldrake at the recent Electric Universe conference. Playlist
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