{"id":25769,"date":"2010-07-19T21:19:13","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T21:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2010\/07\/19\/things-to-read-and-discuss\/"},"modified":"2010-07-19T21:19:13","modified_gmt":"2010-07-19T21:19:13","slug":"things-to-read-and-discuss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/19\/things-to-read-and-discuss\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to read and discuss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/quichemoraine.com\/2010\/07\/knowing-the-problem-of-induction\/\">Knowing the  Problem of Induction<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Through these experiences, I found out how religious people &#8220;know&#8221; what they know. There could be no doubt, because the words came directly to me while I was experiencing the ecstasy. There was no induction needed, because through those experiences I had the Truth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/almostdiamonds.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/on-utility-of-dicks.html\"><br \/>\nOn the Utility of Dicks<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is not about what you think it is.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/skepticallyspeaking.com\/episodes\/68-adventures-among-ants\">Adventures Among Ants<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nWell, OK, not so much read, but listen to!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2010\/07\/rage_risingrisingrising.php\"><br \/>\nRage rising&#8230;rising&#8230;rising&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At some point, there will be a loud noise, a sudden lurch (Bora&#8217;s departure may even be it), and everyone will abruptly turn and run screaming for the lifeboats. I personally may trample a few women and children to get a good seat. There may be riots and recriminations. Shots will fired, flares will go off, people will be thrown overboard, boilers will explode.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowing the Problem of Induction Through these experiences, I found out how religious people &#8220;know&#8221; what they know. There could be no doubt, because the words came directly to me while I was experiencing the ecstasy. There was no induction needed, because through those experiences I had the Truth. On the Utility of Dicks This &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/19\/things-to-read-and-discuss\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Things to read and discuss<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5020],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-6HD","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25769"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}