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How to pick a commuter bike

Published in October 28th, 2023
Posted by in Transportation
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From the mailbag (actually from the comments on a post): Jacob Can you tell me what kind of bike you own/price range? I am shoppng for a bike which I hope to use for errands and at least 3 days/ week to work. I’m 45 female and in fair/good physical condition The dealers i spoke […]

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The climate science debate

Published in October 25th, 2023
Posted by in Philosophy
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I just watched this debate on climate change (thanks to T_ from pointing it out) … and now I feel a rant is coming on. I’m happy that some are still willing to debate. Then again, maybe I’m not. I think it’s sad when science is being “debated” in a “fair and balanced” manner. It […]

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Philosophy is not the words of books

Published in October 24th, 2023
Posted by in Philosophy
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When the philosopher Musonius—one of the late period stoics of the same era as Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius—was asked which vocation a philosopher might best adopt, he answered: shepherd. As Musonius was not a shepherd himself, this made the point that philosopher was not a vocation, nor was it a title. Philosophy is the […]

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