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		<title>00 &#8211; My Reflections on Teaching</title>
		<link>https://sophy.ca/blog/2023/12/00-my-reflections-on-teaching/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2023 21:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Eric Bright I have been teaching 15 courses in Supply Chain Management at a vocational college in Toronto, Ontario since 2018. I have learned many lessons during this time as an instructor. Although I have always considered myself a natural educator, someone with a natural aptitude toward teaching various subjects to others, these years &#8230; <a href="https://sophy.ca/blog/2023/12/00-my-reflections-on-teaching/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">00 &#8211; My Reflections on Teaching</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Karl Popper on Hegel</title>
		<link>https://sophy.ca/blog/2022/06/karl-popper-on-hegel/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2022 22:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is what Popper has to say about Hegel (note 1: everything below this paragraph came from Popper’s book; note 2: I formatted the paragraph for clarity.): “In order to discourage the reader beforehand from taking Hegel’s bombastic and mystifying cant too seriously, I shall quote some of the amazing details which he discovered about &#8230; <a href="https://sophy.ca/blog/2022/06/karl-popper-on-hegel/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Karl Popper on Hegel</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hawking’s area theorem</title>
		<link>https://sophy.ca/blog/2021/07/hawkings-area-theorem/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Bright]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2021 01:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://sophy.ca/blog/?p=18141</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[By Eric Bright I just read an article claiming that Hawking’s area theorem is observed to be true (see this: https://news.mit.edu/2021/hawkings-black-hole-theorem-confirm-0701 archived here https://archive.ph/qBjsk). I would like to hear from you what you think about this recent “proof.” There are a few questions in my mind: How can Hawking’s area theorem, i.e. ‘the area of &#8230; <a href="https://sophy.ca/blog/2021/07/hawkings-area-theorem/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Hawking’s area theorem</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A dollar per month contribution, and why LibreOffice needs it</title>
		<link>https://sophy.ca/blog/2020/09/a-dollar-per-month-contribution-and-why-libreoffice-needs-it/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Bright]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Eric Bright We need your help here at The Document Foundation. LibreOffice needs your support. In this article, I am going to ask you for help. I am going to ask you for a commitment to a monthly donation to The Document Foundation. If I am successful, at the end you will be convinced &#8230; <a href="https://sophy.ca/blog/2020/09/a-dollar-per-month-contribution-and-why-libreoffice-needs-it/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A dollar per month contribution, and why LibreOffice needs it</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>I don’t “need” LibreOffice</title>
		<link>https://sophy.ca/blog/2020/09/i-dont-need-libreoffice/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Bright]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2020 21:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://sophy.ca/blog/?p=17997</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[By Eric Bright I don’t need LibreOffice. I WANT LibreOffice. I am not exactly sure if anyone really “needs” LibreOffice as a product. LO is more an idea, an ideal, than it is a product. For one thing we have had exactly zero customer since the time of OpenOffice all the way to today. No &#8230; <a href="https://sophy.ca/blog/2020/09/i-dont-need-libreoffice/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">I don’t “need” LibreOffice</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>LibreOffice &#8211; Designed by Committee</title>
		<link>https://sophy.ca/blog/2020/09/libreoffice-designed-by-committee/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Bright]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2020 23:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://sophy.ca/blog/?p=17811</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[By Eric Bright This is a post I wished I never had to write. LibreOffice has a lot of issues with its public image, marketing strategies, management, long-term vision, major code contributors, volunteer programmers, and code quality, in case you haven’t noticed by now. I will try to explain a few of those here. Word &#8230; <a href="https://sophy.ca/blog/2020/09/libreoffice-designed-by-committee/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">LibreOffice &#8211; Designed by Committee</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Internet’s Own Boy</title>
		<link>https://sophy.ca/blog/2020/07/the-internets-own-boy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Bright]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2020 18:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“The Internet’s Own Boy follows the story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz’s help in the development of the basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz’s groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing combined with his aggressive &#8230; <a href="https://sophy.ca/blog/2020/07/the-internets-own-boy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Internet’s Own Boy</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The fallacy of Backward Probability Calculation</title>
		<link>https://sophy.ca/blog/2018/12/the-fallacy-of-backward-probability-calculation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Bright]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2018 21:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://sophy.ca/blog/?p=3783</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[By Eric Bright Here is a simple puzzle for you with deep implications. I have a deck of Bicycle cards with 52 cards plus two ? Jokers (a black and white and a coloured one), as well as one Bicycle ? introduction card, and an advertising card (56 cards in total). I have been shuffling &#8230; <a href="https://sophy.ca/blog/2018/12/the-fallacy-of-backward-probability-calculation/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The fallacy of Backward Probability Calculation</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The sky will fall if you keep religion out of philosophy. Seriously!</title>
		<link>https://sophy.ca/blog/2018/11/the-sky-will-fall-if-you-keep-religion-out-of-philosophy-seriously/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Bright]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2018 21:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Eric Bright When I suggested that we ought to keep philosophy and philosophy communities and forums clear of religious discussions, I was greeted by comments similar to the following comment. Kierkegaard is often considered to be a &#8220;Christian Existentialist.&#8221; How is one to discuss Kierkegaard without drawing on Christianity? One of his most famous &#8230; <a href="https://sophy.ca/blog/2018/11/the-sky-will-fall-if-you-keep-religion-out-of-philosophy-seriously/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The sky will fall if you keep religion out of philosophy. Seriously!</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What should companies and governments migrating to LibreOffice do to succeed, but don’t?</title>
		<link>https://sophy.ca/blog/2018/08/what-should-companies-and-governments-migrating-to-libreoffice-do-to-succeed-but-dont/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Bright]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2018 15:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Eric Bright For the ecosystem of LibreOffice and its related software to show its true potentials, they need to be supported by volunteers, users, companies, and governments that make the choice to move away from lock-in models to an open source model. Most companies and governments do not support such projects, or any open &#8230; <a href="https://sophy.ca/blog/2018/08/what-should-companies-and-governments-migrating-to-libreoffice-do-to-succeed-but-dont/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">What should companies and governments migrating to LibreOffice do to succeed, but don’t?</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to make better arguments in philosophy</title>
		<link>https://sophy.ca/blog/2018/02/how-to-make-better-arguments-in-philosophy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Bright]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 17:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sophy.ca/blog/?p=1001</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[By Eric Bright I cannot remember reading any serious philosophy article or book, either by authors of antiquity or contemporary writers, in which the author engages in a fist-fight. I frequently see such fist-fights in some on-line philosophy communities. One reason might be because there is usually a monologue in those texts and no opponent’s &#8230; <a href="https://sophy.ca/blog/2018/02/how-to-make-better-arguments-in-philosophy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How to make better arguments in philosophy</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scribus is finally usable</title>
		<link>https://sophy.ca/blog/2018/01/scribus-is-finally-usable/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Bright]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2018 03:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Eric Bright The DEV version UPDATE 2018-07-07: Updated the URL to the portable version.UPDATE 2018-02-20: Listed the latest test version. You need to give Scribus 1.5.4-test, i.e. the development version, a try. It is a totally different beast now. I always used to test the 1.4.x branch now and then, and it was a &#8230; <a href="https://sophy.ca/blog/2018/01/scribus-is-finally-usable/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Scribus is finally usable</span></a>]]></description>
		
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