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    Lataster, R., 2013. Bayesian reasoning: Criticising the ‘criteria of authenticity’ and calling for a review of biblical criticism. Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences, 5(2), pp.271-293. (direct link to pdf file)

    Abstract:

    It is my contention that some of the methods used by a significant portion
    of Scholars of Religion – Biblical Scholars – are suspect. The following
    paper criticises Biblical scholars’ use of the ‘Criteria of Authenticity’ in
    studying Biblical texts, such as the Gospels. Objections to the Criteria
    offered by various Biblical scholars, historians and philosophers are
    considered, and it is concluded that methodologies revolving around the
    Criteria should be reviewed and replaced. One alternative is Bayesian
    reasoning, which is revealed to be already in use by historians, and which
    makes the work of historians, Biblical scholars and academics in other
    disciplines more transparent. A review of objections to Bayesian
    methodology reveals them to be largely irrational. It is finally argued that
    Bayesian reasoning could be useful in all academic disciplines, which
    essentially must utilise and build on an existing knowledge base, in order
    to formulate probabilistic hypotheses.

    Key words: Criteria of Authenticity, Bayes’ Theorem, Bayesian
    reasoning, Biblical scholars

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    Gongaki, K., Preka-Papadema, P., Kalachanis, K. and Antonopoulos, P., 2021. Astronomical Calculation of the Dating the Historical Battles of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis Based on Herodotus’ Description. Scientific Culture, 7(2), pp.81-100. (direct link to pdf file)

    ABSTRACT

    An important event of world history is the Greek-Persian war (5th century BC), as its outcome (with the victory of the Greeks) defined the evolution of culture in Greece and in whole Europe. Three battles that determined the course of this multi-year war was the battles of Marathon (490 BC) and of Thermopylae (480 BC) and the naval battle of Salamis (480 BC). Although the year of the above events is known, there is an uncertainty as to the date of their conduct. The purpose of this study is the presice determination of these dates based on the historical descriptions of Herodotus and the use of astronomical knowledge as Herodotus relates these events to great celebrations (Olympic Games, Carneia and Great Eleusinia) which were determined on the basis of the lunar calendars of Greek cities. Also, Herodotus mentions two solar eclipses that were observed at the beginning and end of Xerxes’ campaign (480 BC) the dates of which help us to determine the period of this campaign.

    KEYWORDS: Greco-Persian wars, Xerxes, astronomy, Herodotus, Artemision, battlefield, eclipse, Olympic games, Lunar

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    Fetterman, A.K., Evans, N.D., Exline, J.J. and Meier, B.P., 2021. What shall we call God? An exploration of metaphors coded from descriptions of God from a large US undergraduate sample. Plos one, 16(7), p.e0254626.

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    People use numerous metaphors to describe God. God is seen as a bearded man, light, and love. Based on metaphor theories, the metaphors people use to refer to God reflect how people think about God and could, in turn, reflect their worldview. However, little work has explored the common metaphors for God. This was the purpose of the current investigation. Four trained raters coded open-ended responses from predominantly Christian U.S. undergraduates (N = 2,923) describing God for the presence or absence of numerous metaphoric categories. We then assessed the frequency of each of the metaphor categories. We identified 16 metaphor categories that were present in more than 1% of the responses. The top categories were “GOD IS POWER,” “GOD IS HUMAN,” and “GOD IS MALE.” These findings were similar across religious affiliations. We attempted to support our coding analysis using top-down and bottom-up automated language analysis. Results from these analyses provided added confidence to our conclusions. We discuss the implications of our findings and the potential for future studies investigating important psychological and behavioral outcomes of using different metaphors for God.



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    Ni explained as a strategy for energy efficiency.

    https://www.quantamagazine.org/to-be...=pocket-newtab

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    The decisive thing is not the reality of the object, but the reality of the subjective factor, i.e. the primordial images, which in their totality represent a psychic mirror-world. It is a mirror, however, with the peculiar capacity of representing the present contents of consciousness not in their known and customary form but in a certain sense sub specie aeternitatis, somewhat as a million-year old consciousness might see them.

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    The most interesting article I have ever read, "The Self-Simulation Hypothesis Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics:"

    https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/2/247/htm

    We modify the simulation hypothesis to a self-simulation hypothesis, where the physical universe, as a strange loop, is a mental self-simulation that might exist as one of a broad class of possible code theoretic quantum gravity models of reality obeying the principle of efficient language axiom. This leads to ontological interpretations about quantum mechanics. We also discuss some implications of the self-simulation hypothesis such as an informational arrow of time.

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    ‘I More So Consider Myself a Con Artist Than Anything’

    What Danielle Miller learned at Horace Mann and Rikers.



    A spoiled brat scams people, steals their money, goes to prison for a short period of time, and gets a spread like she is some badass #girlboss criminal mastermind.
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    Bound upon me, rush upon me, I will overcome you by enduring your onset: whatever strikes against that which is firm and unconquerable merely injures itself by its own violence. Wherefore, seek some soft and yielding object to pierce with your darts.

    -Seneca

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    If you want a detailed description of historical Unix kernel functionality, a legal copy of A Commentary on the Sixth Edition Unix Operating System can be found here (http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/Lions/).

    From an article on the early computers, https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022...=pocket-newtab

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    Salman Rushdie ‘on a ventilator and could lose an eye’ after New York attack | ITV News

    Hmm. Sounds vaguely familiar. Probably doesn't mean anything. If he starts claiming to be God and controlling the weather remember that your God is not one-eyed and run into the fake fire, not the fake water.

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    50 Years Ago: The Reclamation of a Man-Made Desert - Scientific American

    Hey Americans! Do you like Israel? Would you ever consider being more like Israel and not depleting all your natural resources?

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    A look at Jewish extremism in Israel : NPR

    halacha - Is it a discouraged or an unacceptable practice for a Gentile to keep the Sabbath? - Mi Yodeya (stackexchange.com)

    Jews and Gentiles | Yeshivat Har Etzion

    Resh Lakish also said: A heathen who keeps a day of rest, deserves death, for it is written (Gen. VIII, 22), And a day and a night they shall not rest, and a master has said: Their prohibition is their death sentence. Rabina said: Even if he rested on a Monday.
    Essential Distinction
    Sefer Ha-Kuzari

    R. Yehuda Ha-Levi explains that just as plants are qualitatively greater that inanimate objects because they are living, and animals are qualitatively greater that plants because they have an animate soul, and humans are qualitatively greater than animals because they have an intellect, so are Jews qualitatively greater than gentiles because they have the quality of Godliness (inyan Elohi). Adam was created with this Godly quality, and he passed it on to the greatest of his descendants, and so on through Noach until Avraham. Avraham passed down that quality only to Yitzchak, and Yitzchak only to Yaakov, but Yaakov passed the inyan Elohi to all his descendants. Since then, the entire Jewish People has been characterized by this "spiritual DNA," which makes them essentially and fundamentally different from other human beings.

    Sefer Ha-Tanya

    R. Shneur Zalman of Liady, in the Tanya,[2] draws an even more powerful distinction between the essential nature of a Jew and that of a gentile. He explains that a Jew has two souls – a Godly soul, which partakes in some fashion in the actual substance of God Himself, and an animalistic soul, which descends from klipat noga, the evil that contains within it an admixture of divine light. Therefore, he explains, any good character trait found in a Jew reflects the essential goodness found in his soul. The soul of a gentile, however, according to the Tanya, is purely animalistic and not Godly. It descends from the evil forces that have no potential for goodness in them whatsoever. Therefore, any good deeds performed by gentiles are done for ulterior motives and cannot possibly reflect essential goodness.
    Who is a Jew? No one is; people can only be Jew-ish. Thus all the ressentiment amongst the worst of the Jewish supremacists who shoot the Iron Dome at Palestinian kids who throw rocks and the double standards between how businesses operate within Israel and without.

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    Starbucks has a Slave Labor Problem - Fair World Project

    If you weren't already against Starbucks, you should be now.

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    Good & Evil (jewishvirtuallibrary.org)

    Apparently Abū ʿImran Mūsā ibn Maymūn ibn ʿUbayd Allāh pseudonym Maimonides invented the idea of natural evil which has been the single most destructive idea in history. Down with that.

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    Final Fantasy 7 Movie Found on Osama Bin Laden Hard Drive (gamerant.com)

    Apparently, Osama bin Laden was just a 4chan type playing video games and watching anime in his cave. This actually does not surprise me. That seems like what you would get when you hang with David "Blood for the blood god" bin Myatt.

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    Frankism - Wikipedia

    Frankism was a heretical Sabbatean Jewish religious movement of the 18th and 19th centuries,[1] centered on the leadership of the Jewish Messiah claimant Jacob Frank, who lived from 1726 to 1791. Frank rejected religious norms and said that his followers were obligated to transgress as many moral boundaries as possible. At its height it claimed perhaps 50,000 followers, primarily Jews living in Poland, as well as in Central and Eastern Europe.[1][2][3]

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    The Myth of 'Judeo-Christianity,' Explained - Hey Alma

    Still mad about “Judeo-Christian calendar.” What year is it on that calendar my dude
    — Jess Zimmerman (@j_zimms) November 30, 2020

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    Texas requires ‘In God We Trust’ signs in schools. A man wants some in Arabic. (msn.com)



    How about we ask for some in Hebrew and see what happens? Let's have some In Adonai We Trust to go with our In Allah We Trust! Then the law would be entirely repealed because it would be discriminatory to allow English In God We Trust but not allow the "Judeo-Christian Hebrews" to have In Adonai We Trust signs, yet we absolutely cannot be permitted to go around writing In Allah We Trust everywhere.

    Instead of using Baphomet, Temple of Satan would probably find much more success being the Temple of Hillel or whatever they would like to call themselves, or just the Masjid of Allah since apparently people are less comfortable with God in Arabic than with a statue of Satan with an erection and uncovered nipples gesturing to children now. However, they would never do either of those things.

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    Bluetooth vs. wired headphones radiation - Safe or not? - Descriptive Audio

    Ferrite beads to the rescue!
    If you are using wired headphones for prolonged hours or you’re feeling at risk, make sure the wire is wrapped with ferrite beads. A ferrite bead is a small, cylindrical object with different materials that filters out electromagnetic radiation. They are usually made of metal alloys or oxides to absorb the magnetic waves carrying RF and EMF frequencies from your wireless device. You’ve probably seen them before but didn’t know their name.

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    Opinion | Imran Khan: The World Can’t Ignore Kashmir. We Are All in Danger. - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

    Mr. Modi’s guru wrote admiringly about the Final Solution in “We, Our Nationhood Defined,” his 1939 book: “To keep up the purity of the race and its culture, Germany shocked the world by her purging the country of the Semitic Races — the Jews. National pride at its highest has been manifested here. Germany has also shown how well-nigh impossible it is for races and cultures, having differences going to the root, to be assimilated into one united whole, a good lesson for us in Hindustan for us to learn and profit by.”
    If the world does nothing to stop the Indian assault on Kashmir and its people, there will be consequences for the whole world as two nuclear-armed states get ever closer to a direct military confrontation. India’s defense minister has issued a not-so-veiled nuclear threat to Pakistan by saying that the future of India’s “no first use” policy on nuclear weapons will “depend on circumstances.” Similar statements have been made by Indian leaders periodically. Pakistan has long viewed India’s “no first use” claims with skepticism.

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    “What Is in Our Interest”: India and the Ukraine War - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

    Most importantly, however, it remains unclear whether India’s current efforts at befriending Russia by refusing to condemn its invasion of Ukraine will actually arrest the continuing drift toward stronger Sino-Russian ties, even if the efforts further weaken what are already feeble Russian incentives to deepen ties with Pakistan. Above all, there is no assurance that India’s current strategy of mollifying Russia by eschewing public criticism of the Kremlin’s war, if successful in the near term, would pay off in the end—especially if Moscow is enervated as a result of cumulative Western sanctions and as a consequence is unable to support India in the manner that New Delhi hopes for. This outcome would be particularly problematic if the “no limits” Sino-Russian ties gave Beijing undue influence over Russia’s future cooperation with India or if Russia proves unable to support India’s military forces and their future modernization because of its own deteriorating industrial base at a time when India could also lose Ukraine as a critical supplier of components for the weapons that are now in the Indian military inventory.

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