http://netcogito.com/blog Towards a new Liberalism: rational, compassionate and progressive Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:33:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/10/13/conservative-dogs/ http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/10/13/conservative-dogs/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:07:21 +0000 tscottt http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/10/13/conservative-dogs/ http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/10/13/conservative-dogs/feed/ 0 http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/09/10/is-the-earth-in-a-special-place-in-the-cosmos/ http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/09/10/is-the-earth-in-a-special-place-in-the-cosmos/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:34:41 +0000 tscottt http://netcogito.com/blog/?p=187 http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/09/10/is-the-earth-in-a-special-place-in-the-cosmos/feed/ 0 http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/07/14/chickens-and-eggs-a-proof-of-god/ http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/07/14/chickens-and-eggs-a-proof-of-god/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:44:55 +0000 tscottt http://netcogito.com/blog/?p=186 egg. Poppycock. Here’s an answer I came up with a long time ago: 1) According to [...]]]> http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/07/14/chickens-and-eggs-a-proof-of-god/feed/ 0 http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/07/11/liberty-the-best-idea-in-history/ http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/07/11/liberty-the-best-idea-in-history/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:19:46 +0000 tscottt http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/07/11/liberty-the-best-idea-in-history/ polite, I'm not going to talk about a particular candidate or party, nor praise a specific policy or polity. In fact, I promise not to talk about anything controversial at all; and will, for the sake of friendliness and universality, limit my discourse to the following non-controversial topics: science, economic policy, politics and religion. I will tie them with the common thread of liberty. We'll leave more fractious debates and incendiary topics to others, and stick with these comfortable issues. Now, I suspect you might consider this a full, perhaps too-full, agenda for such a beautiful day. Likewise, I am obliged to be mindful of the plans you may have made-- for this evening, and will keep my comments brief. But before you decide I've set myself an impossible task, I hasten to remind you that last year the same allotment of time proved sufficient to make good headway regarding The Meaning of Life. Today's few topics should, by comparison, be much easier to manage. So please, give me the liberty to speak for a few minutes more.]]> http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/07/11/liberty-the-best-idea-in-history/feed/ 0 http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/06/18/cracklin-sky/ http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/06/18/cracklin-sky/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:14:58 +0000 tscottt http://netcogito.com/blog/?p=170 http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/06/18/cracklin-sky/feed/ 0 http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/06/09/punctuated-equilibrium-and-universality/ http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/06/09/punctuated-equilibrium-and-universality/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:55:32 +0000 tscottt http://netcogito.com/blog/?p=164 http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/06/09/punctuated-equilibrium-and-universality/feed/ 0 http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/03/19/medieval-witch-hunts-continue/ http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/03/19/medieval-witch-hunts-continue/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:58:13 +0000 tscottt http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/03/19/medieval-witch-hunts-continue/ http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/03/19/medieval-witch-hunts-continue/feed/ 0 http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/03/18/the-brain-scientist-or-fortune-teller/ http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/03/18/the-brain-scientist-or-fortune-teller/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:48:28 +0000 tscottt http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/03/18/the-brain-scientist-or-fortune-teller/ http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/03/18/the-brain-scientist-or-fortune-teller/feed/ 0 http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/02/23/ooops/ http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/02/23/ooops/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:11:16 +0000 tscottt http://netcogito.com/blog/?p=82 http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/02/23/ooops/feed/ 0 http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/02/17/chickensight/ http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/02/17/chickensight/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:34:45 +0000 tscottt http://netcogito.com/blog/?p=79 http://netcogito.com/blog/2010/02/17/chickensight/feed/ 0