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The Metz speech, in its shorter form, was originally recorded on video and was translated to the French audience by an interpreter. Dick’s speech lays out his typical, yet arcane thoughts on the philosophy of space and time, alternate universes, and the simulation argument. Declaring that "We are living in a computer-programmed reality, and ...
In 1833, the English economist William Forster Lloyd published "Two Lectures on the Checks to Population", [4] a pamphlet that included a hypothetical example of over-use of a common resource. [5] This was the situation of cattle herders sharing a common parcel of land on which they were each entitled to let their cows graze.
William Charles Ayers (/ ɛər z /; born December 26, 1944) [1] is an American retired professor and former militant organizer. In 1969, Ayers co-founded the far-left militant organization the Weather Underground, a revolutionary group that sought to overthrow what they viewed as American imperialism. [2]
The 18-year-old, eldest of the three kids he shares with ex-wife Jennifer Garner, is starting classes soon at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. "It’s, of course, a huge deal for the ...
The study, which was published on August in the American Journal of Psychiatry, specifically found that the genes of your teenage friends can impact your own risk of developing drug and alcohol ...
Raygun — the breaker (a.k.a. breakdancer) who went viral on social media for her unique dance moves at the 2024 Paris Olympics debut of breaking as an event — has spoken out against her ...
Litotes. In rhetoric, litotes ( / laɪˈtoʊtiːz, ˈlaɪtətiːz /, US: / ˈlɪtətiːz / ), [ 1] also known classically as antenantiosis or moderatour, is a figure of speech and form of irony in which understatement is used to emphasize a point by stating a negative to further affirm a positive, often incorporating double negatives for effect ...
Fallacy of exclusive premises – a categorical syllogism that is invalid because both of its premises are negative. [ 11] Fallacy of four terms ( quaternio terminorum) – a categorical syllogism that has four terms. [ 12] Illicit major – a categorical syllogism that is invalid because its major term is not distributed in the major premise ...