Rand’s Razor: Prior to philosophising, the philosopher needs to identify their initial, irreducible, primary axioms. Thought: Be as clear as…
Sagan’s Standard: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Thought: Ordinary claims require only ordinary evidence; unless they were mistaken as ordinary….
Popper’s Falsifiability Principle: For a theory to be considered scientific, it must be falsifiable. Thought: Even the scientific are called…
Newton’s Flaming Laser Sword: If something cannot be settled by experiment or observation, then it is not worthy of debate….
Hitchens’ Razor: What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. Thought: The burden to create faith must…
Hume’s Razor: If the cause, assigned for any effect, be not sufficient to produce it, we must either reject that…
Grice’s Razor: As a principle of parsimony, conversational implications are to be preferred over semantic context for linguistic explanations. Thought:…
Hanlon’s Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Thought: Malice arises from stupidity, which…
Occam’s Razor: Simpler explanations are more likely to be correct; avoid unnecessary or improbable assumptions. Thought: Things are often simpler…
Some Dharma Advice #10 [91] Time There is time if you find time. There is no time if you do…
Some Dharma Advice #9 [81] Perception The greedy see what to be greedy for. The hateful see what to be…
Some Dharma Advice #8 [71] Expectation If even you do not fully understand yourself, why expect all to fully understand…
Some Dharma Advice #7 [61] Perception Nothing lets you down – as it is your negative karma and misperception that…
Some Dharma Advice #6 [51] Learning Failing is part of learning, not ending of learning. [52] Focus With countless distractions…
Some Dharma Advice #5 [41] Destruction Those devoted to destroying others are those destroying themselves. [42] Quality Quality over quantity…
From: ‘How To Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life’ by Seneca, edited, translated, and introduced by James…
From: ‘How To Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life’ by Seneca, edited, translated, and introduced by James…
From: ‘How To Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life’ by Seneca, edited, translated, and introduced by James…
From: ‘How To Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life’ by Seneca, edited, translated, and introduced by James…
From: ‘How To Die: An Ancient Guide to the End of Life’ by Seneca, edited, translated, and introduced by James…
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