Thu 23 November 2023

Content Warning: religious themes

I got into a humorous discussion with a good "FediFriend" today about cloning and necromancy. The result of our rather bizarre conversation was that I would write an article on necromancy if he would write an article on cloning.

His resultant article was not at all …

Category: Life Tagged: Bible Christianity Content Warning Life Non-technical post Philosophy WritingMonth

Sat 05 August 2023

I have a most peculiar skill (for a monoglot): I can read and sing Azerbaijani (Turkish).
Now, I don't understand it. But I can (slowly) read and recite it, and I have learned to sing about a dozen songs, almost all of which were sung by Rashid Behbudov, a popular …

Category: Philosophy Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Language Translation Bible Non-technical post

Thu 20 July 2023

I was thinking about the difference between a kingdom and an empire, and the difference between a king and an emperor.

Let's start with some basic definitions...

(Note: Some words have been boldfaced for added emphasis, and [bracketed phrases] within quoted Bible verses are added helps and not found in …

Category: Ethics Tagged: Bible Christianity Ethics Language Philosophy Non-technical post