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Crime in Canada

Crime in Canada

I was a little surprised by this report I found on the crime rate in Canada. I had pretty much figured that Canada was overall lower crime than the United States. I asked the Magistra Scientia (formerly the Microbiologist-in-Residence) her best guess as to relative crime rates between the US

Secret Projects

I have been pretty busy of late. To get an idea of how busy, check out the Reading Log for April as opposed to March. Partly, this is just life, but I have also been working on a secret project that is now ready to be unveiled. I have been

Philosophy of Nature

This summer I will be studying Philosophy of Nature through International Catholic University. This course ought to be pretty interesting, because it is the topic I find myself thinking about most often of late. Strictly speaking, philosophy of nature is the study of natures, or essences. However, in practice when

Religion in Science Fiction

John C. Wright wrote an interesting essay for SFSignal on religion in science fiction/fantasy works. I thought there was more substance to what he wrote than this thing I saw a few weeks back. I have read and enjoyed many of the books Wright referenced in his essay, so

The Scientific Method

The Scientific Method

The Scientific Method There is more truth in this than I might like to admit. I don't know who drew this, but I appreciate their take. Update on 2009-06-04 01:33 by Ben Espen Turns out its from a webcomic xkcd http://xkcd.com/242/

Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma

There is a game known as the Prisoner's Dilemma. The dilemma is very simple. You have two people who can each make one of two choices. The standard presentation is that you have two thieves who have been caught. The thieves are kept separate, and are interrogated. Confess,

Fr. Stanley Jaki RIP

Father Stanley Jaki died on April 7th, 2009. Fr. Jaki was one of my favorite priests, even though I never met him, because he was a physicist and a philosopher as well. Father Jaki was a Benedictine priest, but it caused him no end of vexation that everyone assumed he