<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657626984913795520</id><updated>2024-11-01T11:45:22.677+01:00</updated><category term="Discuss"/><category term="FRA"/><category term="NSA"/><category term="Skepticism"/><category term="analogies"/><category term="answer"/><category term="argue"/><category term="argument"/><category term="atheism"/><category term="beliefs"/><category term="clarify"/><category term="complaints"/><category term="crisis"/><category term="debate"/><category term="discourse"/><category term="drugs"/><category term="economy"/><category term="education"/><category term="egoist"/><category term="fairness"/><category term="filosofi"/><category term="finance"/><category term="freedom"/><category term="globalisation"/><category term="goal"/><category term="greed"/><category term="guide"/><category term="guns"/><category term="hoarding"/><category term="homeopathy"/><category term="humanity"/><category term="ideologies"/><category term="idiots"/><category term="intelligence"/><category term="katrinz"/><category term="metaphor"/><category term="moral"/><category term="morality"/><category term="peace"/><category term="pseudo"/><category term="psykologi"/><category term="question"/><category term="religion"/><category term="rich"/><category term="science"/><category term="surveillance"/><category term="system"/><category term="truth"/><category term="update"/><category term="vaccine"/><category term="vetenskap"/><category term="welfare"/><category term="worldview"/><category term="övervakning"/><title type='text'>The Swedish Infidel</title><subtitle type='html'>Cynicism is simply applied realism.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11069122523393748902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657626984913795520.post-4246537446699012835</id><published>2014-03-08T11:22:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2014-03-08T11:22:34.271+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Beslutsfattande?</title><content type='html'>Människor har en, minst sagt, begränsad kapacitet att hålla reda på många faktorer samtidigt. Vi har dessutom en benägenhet att välja bort information som bestrider vår egen uppfattning om hur saker och ting fungerar.&lt;div&gt;
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Med detta i åtanke, så kan man fråga om koncentrerat beslutsfattande (ett fåtal individer fattar besluten) är ett effektivt sätt att driva verksamheter?&lt;/div&gt;
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Jag ser ingen större skillnad mellan privat och offentlig sektor i den frågan, då det i slutändan handlar om huruvida många individer har bättre förutsättningar för att upptäcka problem innan beslut fattas.&lt;/div&gt;
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Det slutgiltiga resultatet påverkas självklart av mängden tillgänglig information och hur den används oavsett antalet beslutsfattare - alltså är öppenhet, tillgänglighet och kritiskt tänkande nödvändiga förutsättningar för rationellt beslutsfattande.&lt;/div&gt;
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Är koncentrerad maktutövning prioriterat över rationellt beslutsfattande så kan man förstå bakgrunden till de politiska beslut som fattas, vilket i sin tur är nödvändig information för väljare i demokratiska val - som vi åtminstone sägs ha i Sverige.&lt;/div&gt;
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Jag ser andra, mer indirekta problem för informerade beslut (PR, reklam m.m) men det får bli ett framtida ämne.&lt;/div&gt;
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</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/feeds/4246537446699012835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2014/03/beslutsfattande.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/4246537446699012835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/4246537446699012835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2014/03/beslutsfattande.html' title='Beslutsfattande?'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11069122523393748902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657626984913795520.post-7469244537814349434</id><published>2013-12-13T05:42:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2013-12-13T05:42:41.397+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="FRA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="intelligence"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NSA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="surveillance"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="övervakning"/><title type='text'>Övervakning och demokrati.</title><content type='html'>Debatten om massövervakning fortsätter, men många förstår inte innebörden av det och förblir därför passivt accepterande av att övervakningen fortgår.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;Har man inte gjort något fel, så behöver man inte oroa sig!&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vi pratar inte om en övervakning begränsad till brottslighet. (Politiska åsikter, ekonomiskt spionage, online-spelande...)&lt;br /&gt;
Argumentet blir snabbt absurt när man tar hänsyn till utvecklingen som pågår i takt med en ökande övervakning.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;När begår man ett politiskt åsiktsbrott, som bör granskas extra med militära medel?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Någon &quot;fri marknad&quot; blir omöjlig med sådana instrument hos enskilda parter. Vart är de inbitna anhängarna av Chicago-skolans raseri över detta?&lt;br /&gt;Lust att ventilera efter en utdragen raid? Var väl medveten om vem som lyssnar.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Men något jag saknar i debatten är effekten det har på människor relaterat till demokratin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Vem beter sig genuint med vetskapen om att ens beteende övervakas?&lt;br /&gt;Vem röstar utan rädsla för repressalier när vissa åsikter är icke-önskvärda i makthavarnas ögon?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Det behöver inte ens pågå någon övervakning för dessa effekter att bita sig fast hos en befolkning och möjliggöra styrning av den i en generell riktning.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Återigen, övervakningen är inte riktad mot terrorism, brottslighet eller nationell säkerhet.&lt;/b&gt; Den är ett verktyg som möjliggör att hålla koll på potentiella rivaler till makten, vare sig inom offentlig eller privat sektor, t.ex hur och var motstånd till nuvarande system växer. &lt;br /&gt;
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I found myself not being able to follow the reasoning on how a liberal economy would produce a fair and equal society, since that is not what anyone could deduce as the result of liberalised economies throughout the world.&lt;br /&gt;How robbing a nations&#39; natural resources in favor of foreign investors is ever going to produce that, is beyond me.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/feeds/242746291980627372/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/11/broken-logic.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/242746291980627372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/242746291980627372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/11/broken-logic.html' title='Broken logic?'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11069122523393748902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657626984913795520.post-7672731028170553649</id><published>2013-11-07T21:08:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2013-11-14T13:54:03.468+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="update"/><title type='text'>Expansion and discovery.</title><content type='html'>I&#39;m still roaming this world, alive and well, but I admit I haven&#39;t been active in sharing my story with You.&lt;br /&gt;
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So, what have I been up to lately, You might ask...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Studied Classical mechanics and International relationships at edX.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Met the Little Red Riding Hood, trying not to dress up as her grandmother. We&#39;ll see about that...&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Come to grips with the difficulties that I have ignored for so long.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Completely given up on all forms of self-medication, even non-alcoholic beverages.&lt;/li&gt;
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I&#39;ll try to fit this blog into my current schedule.&lt;br /&gt;
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Be a good human,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKt8hf-ABFgGGTffKnd2Q1c7GDkiZP634VkMvOGQx4KrmCnFtUQOfGW5elyieHNJ5Dl8MsRYaS4tKAxH-rbjItXKDUnD_-HfnajxQ4LirveBKpkfAmFbjEHRm83C2osXhR2RR2Q9jV3M/s1600/A-Flowchart-to-Help-You-Determine-if-Yoursquore-Having-a-Rational-Discussion.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKt8hf-ABFgGGTffKnd2Q1c7GDkiZP634VkMvOGQx4KrmCnFtUQOfGW5elyieHNJ5Dl8MsRYaS4tKAxH-rbjItXKDUnD_-HfnajxQ4LirveBKpkfAmFbjEHRm83C2osXhR2RR2Q9jV3M/s640/A-Flowchart-to-Help-You-Determine-if-Yoursquore-Having-a-Rational-Discussion.jpg&quot; width=&quot;460&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;This will be somewhat of a plea, rather than an argument.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I was thinking about what everyone can invest in and profit from, something that would put the meaningless suffering we humans inflict on each other and the rest of the animal kingdom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;That would trump the ignorance- and greed-driven atrocities as a unifying goal, not a command from higher authorities, for everyone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;It is so obvious, maybe too obvious to be considered?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Education, free of charge.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; This will increase welfare and profits, even for the most egocentric of us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Health care, free of charge.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Same here, the whole population gains from keeping everyone safe and sound.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Implementing science&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; in all aspects of society. Why should the whims of politicians decide what outcome is predicted by their policies?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;The scientific method eliminates biases&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, and what area has more need of that than how the government works?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Increasing freedom for individuals&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; to chose what they want to do with their lives by giving guidance and massive amounts of opportunities to increase their standards of living.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;This might sound like some socialist/communist/fascist scheme, but &lt;u&gt;freedom of choice&lt;/u&gt; is depending on what opportunities is given from the rest of us, which is part of how I define my liberalism.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;If you want people to &quot;pull themselves up&quot; instead of mooching off of &quot;your societal benefits&quot;, &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;the best way would be to give people opportunities to do that&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - in which science can help us by determining which method is most likely to achieve the goal of a population where everyone contributes to a collective increase in well-being and a goal of one day reaching the stars, &lt;i&gt;which I think is pretty much indisputable as awesome for everyone to be part of.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;But hey, the goal is what everyone agrees that it should be - not what I personally dictate that it should be.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;What do you think? Is this impossible, improbable or achievable?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/feeds/6484721318286057893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/04/goals-for-all-of-us.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/6484721318286057893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/6484721318286057893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/04/goals-for-all-of-us.html' title='Goals for all of us?'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11069122523393748902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657626984913795520.post-2143031940049766608</id><published>2013-03-27T19:08:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2013-03-27T19:08:32.509+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Argumentation är kul.</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Nedbrytning av argument - Doddy-style.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Jag börjar bli trött på den storm av påståenden vi får slängda i ansiktet varje dag. Speciellt oärliga, luddigt definierade eller laddade sådana.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Så jag tar mig an utmaningen att göra livet för alla dessa &quot;tyckare&quot; lite mer frustrerande...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Dagens offer? Låt oss kika på vad &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alternativmedicin.se/sok/healingtouch.html&quot;&gt;Healing Touch&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;har att erbjuda i form av visdom!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #294861; font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;Healing Touch&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #294861; font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 14px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;är en energibehandling, där terapeuten använder sina händer till att balansera klientens energisystem och på så sätt hjälpa denne att komma i bättre fysisk och psykisk balans.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Energibehandling? Hmm... Kommer ni ihåg vad vi alla fick lära sig under fysik-lektionerna i grundskolan om vad energi är?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Det är ett mått på ett föremåls potentiella förmåga att utföra arbete, det vill säga:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Joule, arbetet av en kraft på en newton över en meter:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; line-height: 19.1875px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;N·m&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;eller uttryckt i grundenheter:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;&quot;&gt;m²·kg·s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 0;&quot;&gt;−2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Vad menar då denna påstådda behandlingsmetod?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Terapeutens händer påverkar Patientens energisystem, vilket kan skrivas som &quot;Terapeuten lägger en kall hand på Patienten,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Patientens kroppstemperatur sjunker,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Terapeutens hand har blivit varmare.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Då Einstein visade att materia och energi är ekvivalenta så kanske de menar att Terapeutens händer och Patientens kropp genomgår en fusionsprocess?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Gammastrålning bildas då i enorma mängder (25g av bränsle räcker för en europés livstidsförbrukning av energi) och steriliserar förmodligen allt område inom synhåll.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Gammastrålning är dessutom elektromagnetisk strålning, så behandlingen kommer att ha ännu otrevligare effekter på våra kära el-allergiker.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Jag föreslår att terapeuten istället placeras i ett kraftverk, väl avskärmat från dessa effekter, och kopplas in i elnätet.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;50+ kg terapeut-bränsle som genomgår fusion lär ge oss väldigt låga elpriser framöver...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Så, överge medicinen, kära terapeuter och fullfölj ert öde genom att ge resten av mänskligheten en ny energikälla!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/feeds/2143031940049766608/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/03/argumentation-ar-kul.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/2143031940049766608'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/2143031940049766608'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/03/argumentation-ar-kul.html' title='Argumentation är kul.'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11069122523393748902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657626984913795520.post-8344944615635453732</id><published>2013-03-12T18:38:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2013-03-12T18:38:45.636+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="homeopathy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="katrinz"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pseudo"/><title type='text'>Homeopathy works?!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;So... Apparently this womans&#39; experience turns science on its&#39; head.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Let&#39;s all enjoy this - I mean... It&#39;s not a scam on gullible people or anything, right?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.katrinz.se/ni-ar-sa-dumma-i-huvudet&quot;&gt;http://www.katrinz.se/ni-ar-sa-dumma-i-huvudet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I hope that she has simply been duped because then she&#39;s only ignorant.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;If she knowingly promotes magic instead of proven medicine to those who are sick, though... Ugh.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;She should stop promoting this nonsense and advocate to everyone that has trusted her... expert advice... to go to the hospital for testing and actual treatment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;There is no such thing as&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&quot;alternative medicine&quot;&lt;/b&gt; - if it is demonstrated to work, it stops being &quot;&lt;b&gt;alternative&quot;&lt;/b&gt; and becomes &lt;b&gt;&quot;medicine&quot;&lt;/b&gt;.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Doddy, out.&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/feeds/8344944615635453732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/03/homeopathy-works.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/8344944615635453732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/8344944615635453732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/03/homeopathy-works.html' title='Homeopathy works?!'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11069122523393748902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657626984913795520.post-6362955125477121142</id><published>2013-03-12T16:14:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2013-03-12T16:14:16.643+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="filosofi"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="moral"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="morality"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="psykologi"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vetenskap"/><title type='text'>Moral som vetenskap? Nja.</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&quot;Vetenskapen behandlar hur världen är, medan moral handlar om hur det borde vara&lt;/i&gt;.&quot; - Någon känd person.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;Hur något &quot;borde vara&quot; är inte en fundamental kategori av verkligheten.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;i&gt;A &lt;b&gt;borde ha&lt;/b&gt; egenskapen av X&lt;/i&gt;&quot; är inte vetenskapligt.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;Det kan dock formuleras annorlunda och bli vetenskapligt:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;(&quot;&lt;i&gt;för att få A i egenskap av X, utförs Y&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;eller &quot;alla människor är överens om att A borde ha egenskapen X&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;&quot;) - det är en liten, men viktig skillnad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;För att komma till föreskrivande (i motsats till beskrivande) påståenden/slutsatser, behöver du något mer än data - ett mål, ett antagande eller några föredragna egenskaper som du vill optimera eller maximera i ett system, och det är just det som vetenskap inte är.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;Många av argumenten tenderar att kretsa kring att människors välbefinnande är svårt att definiera noggrant, eller att kvantifiera, eller att enas om. Jag uppfattar att problemet hoppas över och diskussionen går från vetenskaplig till filosofisk.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;Låt oss föreställa oss att en &quot;människas välbefinnande&quot; kan definieras exakt och att hela mänskligheten är överens om att den definitionen av välbefinnande skall maximeras och vad moral handlar om.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;I sådana fall skulle en moralisk kod utvecklas och implementeras - med hjälp av vetenskap - som skulle få oss närmare och närmare målet att nå maximalt välbefinnande.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;Men att vi &quot;borde&quot; göra det skulle fortfarande inte vara ett grundläggande faktum i universum.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;Det kan summeras i skillnaden mellan dessa påståenden:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&quot;Det ett vetenskapligt faktum att &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;alla människor är överens&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; om att människors välbefinnande bör maximeras&quot;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&quot;Det ett vetenskapligt faktum att människors välbefinnande bör maximeras&quot;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;1 är vetenskapligt, 2 är inte det. Att människor &quot;skall vara&quot; på ett visst sätt är inte ett fundamentalt faktum i universum. Naturen bryr sig inte om hur människor skall vara - det är vi människor och andra varelser som gör det. Vi &quot;vill vara&quot; på ett visst sätt - och det kanske är ett vetenskapligt påstående.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kommentera gärna och ge synpunkter!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 24px;&quot;&gt;Doddy out. (Sorry for the swedish language.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/feeds/6362955125477121142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/03/moral-som-vetenskap-nja.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/6362955125477121142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/6362955125477121142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/03/moral-som-vetenskap-nja.html' title='Moral som vetenskap? Nja.'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11069122523393748902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Kållered, Mölndal, Sverige</georss:featurename><georss:point>57.609279053590264 12.047945238647458</georss:point><georss:box>57.605026053590265 12.037860238647458 57.613532053590262 12.058030238647458</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657626984913795520.post-2979785186971131489</id><published>2013-03-06T12:13:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2013-03-06T12:15:57.077+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="egoist"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fairness"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="greed"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hoarding"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="rich"/><title type='text'>Greedy people.</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2&gt;
Why are they held up as &#39;hard working&#39;?&lt;/h2&gt;
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I mean, we shun and laugh at &#39;hoarders&#39; - except when they hoard money.&lt;/div&gt;
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What is the difference?&lt;/div&gt;
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There&#39;s no benefit for anyone if money is stored away in tax-paradises, not even for these hoarders.&lt;/div&gt;
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I hereby declare my view of people with more money than they can spend in the bank:&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&quot;The kid that take the toys from the other kids and just sit on them to feel superior.&quot;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;I hope this spreads.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Doddy out.&lt;/div&gt;
</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/feeds/2979785186971131489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/03/greedy-people.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/2979785186971131489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/2979785186971131489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/03/greedy-people.html' title='Greedy people.'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11069122523393748902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657626984913795520.post-6509304705759052115</id><published>2013-03-04T19:30:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2013-03-04T19:30:20.869+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="complaints"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="drugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="freedom"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="guns"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="idiots"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="religion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vaccine"/><title type='text'>Idiots with freedoms...</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;...are fucking dangerous for everyone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;But that is offensive and hateful. So I&#39;ll rephrase that.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&quot;Everyone&amp;nbsp;+ ideas of unlimited freedoms = I stay inside&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;That&#39;s better.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;I have always identified myself as &#39;liberal&#39; - which to me only meant that people should not be legislated to not behave in ways that does not harm anyone else - in a broad sence - but not absolute.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Freedom of Vaccination - dismissed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Freedom of Ingestion - dismissed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Freedom of Private Practice - dismissed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Freedom of Conscience - dismissed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Freedom of Thought - granted... No, wait. Dismissed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;My freedom of X should not infringe on your freedom of X or Y. Or harm you directly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;If I don&#39;t vaccinate myself, others will be at a higher risk of disease.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;If I claim to heal you through my practice of &#39;alternative medicine&#39;, you will not go to a real doctor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;If my conscience is hurt by you having sex a certain way, I&#39;m dictating who you should be, thus&amp;nbsp;infringing on your freedom to be you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;My point is this: There is no such thing as absolute freedom, of any kind. At best, we have temporary priviliges granted by society.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;So, for you idiots shouting&lt;i&gt; &quot;I have a freedom to do this!&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;- No, you do not.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;You may or may not have the approval of society to do X - live with it.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;&quot;&gt;Doddy out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/feeds/6509304705759052115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/03/idiots-with-freedoms.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/6509304705759052115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/6509304705759052115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/03/idiots-with-freedoms.html' title='Idiots with freedoms...'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11069122523393748902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657626984913795520.post-6561504473133162537</id><published>2013-03-03T16:14:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2013-03-03T16:14:58.987+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Thoughts on morality.</title><content type='html'>-What is morality?&lt;div&gt;
The definition is a bit blurry, since the term is used in different contexts by different people for different reasons - so I try to not use in arguments. The same goes for &#39;values&#39; or &#39;core-values&#39;.&lt;/div&gt;
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What I would like to argue for is abandoning the &#39;moral absolutes&#39; as some people depict their views as.&lt;/div&gt;
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It&#39;s not confined to religions or groups, but individuals can form them aswell for other reasons.&lt;/div&gt;
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The more &#39;principle&#39; a person is, the more we trust them - it appears. That&#39;s more of an evolutionary topic, which I am not in any way an expert in, maybe those who are have an explanation.&lt;/div&gt;
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Anyway.&lt;/div&gt;
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For a diverse and multicultural civilization to function, there has to be a set of laws that everyone is treated equally under, that does not favor/disfavor only one part of that civilization.&lt;/div&gt;
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A secular democracy is the system closest to fitting that description.&lt;/div&gt;
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Now, what laws should all of us obey, regardless of who we are? We could have a vote, but then the majority decides what happens to the minority.&lt;/div&gt;
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Which has never turned out well for everyone.&lt;/div&gt;
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To avoid a complete inability to function, we leave all ideologies, feelings, personal beliefs and religious claims out of the process. This is simply secularism, not some sort of totalitarianism as it has been portrayed as.&lt;/div&gt;
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Instead of trying to fit the world through our own &quot;morality-lenses&quot;, we should work together. This is not an ideology, on the countrary, it is the best way to not exterminate ourselves, our species, from this planet.&lt;/div&gt;
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It is okay to change your beliefs, your core-values and yourself - don&#39;t trap yourself in avoiding changes.&lt;/div&gt;
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Take care!&lt;/div&gt;
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Doddy out.&lt;/div&gt;
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There&#39;s no shame in asking questions.&lt;/h2&gt;
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Or being wrong...&lt;/h3&gt;
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Q: Why do you care what I personally believe?&lt;/div&gt;
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A: That depends on your definition of &#39;belief&#39;, I guess. I care about humanity as a whole - and I would like all of us to increase the collective knowledge of the species.&lt;/div&gt;
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If you &#39;believe&#39; that the mind is separate from the brain, for example, you are not only ignoring parts of reality, but that &#39;belief&#39; will most likely inform some of your decisions in life.&lt;/div&gt;
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Q: You seem so devoid of feelings, why is that?&lt;/div&gt;
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A: I have plenty of feelings. But I&#39;m pretty awful at writing about them... Maybe I will in the future, though.&lt;/div&gt;
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Q: Why are you not starting a business or something?&lt;/div&gt;
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A: It&#39;s simply not appealing to me. Earning money is simply to &#39;get by&#39; in my opinion. I would not be proud of myself if I had money on a Swiss bank account at old age.&lt;/div&gt;
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Resources should be shared, not hoarded and kept in a vault.&lt;/div&gt;
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Q: What is your opinion on drugs?&lt;/div&gt;
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A: That&#39;s a good question. On one hand I dislike the thought of everyone clouding their view of the world. On the other hand I think that it&#39;s not my opinion that should dictate what other people want to ingest.&lt;/div&gt;
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But if someone is depressed, should they be allowed to ingest cyanide? A line has to be drawn somewhere, but I do think that most drugs should be legalized - but regulated.&lt;/div&gt;
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Q: What&#39;s your political views?&lt;/div&gt;
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A: I don&#39;t fit very well in ideologies. I try to think more in terms of &quot;What would be best for all of us in the future?&quot; and go from there.&lt;/div&gt;
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All ideologies have some things that I agree with. The key is to not be selfish, if I would suggest any rule of thumb.&lt;/div&gt;
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Q: How can you dismiss alternative views on sciences?&lt;/div&gt;
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A: Well... There&#39;s a nice quote that goes something like &quot;If alternative medicine worked, it would be called medicine.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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I hope that cleared some misunderstandings up. If you want to ask me something, feel free to contact me at doddyswe@gmail.com&lt;/div&gt;
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Have a nice weekend, all of you!&lt;/div&gt;
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Doddy out.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;How to use an analogy effectively?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;There is no simple answer, since it depends on how much information is understood from case to case.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;One example of this is when trying to explain a complex system to someone who do not understand it,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;but do understand another complex system.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Example: Why do some countries do better than others on an economic basis?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The analogy I like to make is to view the economy as a closed thermo-dynamic system.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;This is obviously problematic, and you should never make &lt;i&gt;arguments from analogies&lt;/i&gt; - but to convey an idea, they are efficient.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;So, due to entropy in the system -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;if &lt;b&gt;energy&lt;/b&gt; (money) is &lt;i&gt;concentrated/increased&lt;/i&gt; in &lt;b&gt;one part&lt;/b&gt; (company/country) of the &lt;b&gt;system&lt;/b&gt; (global economy) ,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;the &lt;b&gt;energy &lt;/b&gt;(money) must be taken &lt;i&gt;from&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;other parts&lt;/b&gt; (companies/countries) &lt;b&gt;of the system&lt;/b&gt; (global economy).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s pretty basic physics - energy can&#39;t be created or destroyed - only changed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;If the economy follows some equivalent rule, the analogy works.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;But the Earth is not a thermo-dynamic, closed system - so the analogy is flawed if used in an argument or taken literally.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I can always use the excuse that it must be interpreted correctly, though... &quot;Well, that part is just a &lt;b&gt;metaphor&lt;/b&gt;...&quot; but that would be pretty, fucking dishonest of me, would it not?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Also, I&#39;m obviously not an expert in either area - perhaps not in any area, now that I think about it - so please don&#39;t make an &lt;i&gt;argument from authority &lt;/i&gt;based on this.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Or anything else, for that matter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m trying to get some coherent answers from our beloved officials, but I seem to not understand their arguments - so that&#39;ll probably be my next topic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Maybe you can help me decipher them?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Doddy out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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PS. Watch this.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;A stable ground...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;To get a better view of the state of affairs, I&#39;ve had to abandon what I would&#39;ve viewed as &#39;common sense&#39; about subjects I don&#39;t understand perfectly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s very difficult to let go of indoctrinated opinions - but it&#39;s certainly not impossible. What helped me the most was healthy skepticism and a quote from Richard Feynmann.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;i&gt;Remember, the easiest person to decieve, is yourself.&lt;/i&gt;&quot; (Or something like that.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;It pretty much boils down to actually talking to many experts and people who have another view than me - and letting go of stereotypical views of how they are as individuals - since that&#39;s being judgemental instead of challenging myself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;i&gt;Does my view, opinion, argument hold up to scrutiny?&lt;/i&gt;&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Why am I doing this, then?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;To learn. A democracy is worthless if those who vote are not informed or educated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;And to find out if I can help.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s been fascinating, depressing, frightening and strengthening to take a step back. Some take offense that I change opinions, others welcome that. But as easy as it is to brush of the trolls - I can&#39;t build on a foundation of compliments either.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s very easy to jump to conclusions when searching for evidence - and that place is filled with conspiracy-theories and religions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s even easier to stop caring about finding out - and that&#39;s where PR, corporations, &quot;alternative medicines&quot; and such lurk and profit of peoples&#39; ignorance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;There is harm to holding false beliefs, be they supernatural or not. And there&#39;s always someone profiting from yours.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The &quot;finance-crisis&quot; is a perfect example of this. Stop fighting amongst eachother and find out who is not sharing the misery - why are they not?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Humanity makes the most progress when we work together - not for eachother and certainly not when we work against eachother.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;I&#39;ll comment on some subjects further on, I appreciate your criticism and pointing out where I&#39;m wrong.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Doddy out.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/feeds/2806315655221707198/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/02/well-lets-get-clue-about-world-then.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/2806315655221707198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/2806315655221707198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/02/well-lets-get-clue-about-world-then.html' title='Well, let&#39;s get a clue about the world, then...'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11069122523393748902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657626984913795520.post-1644417330357230191</id><published>2013-02-07T07:49:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2013-02-07T07:49:16.041+01:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hej igen, ni vackra människor!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Har varit ett tag sedan jag skrev här, men jag kommer ta upp detta nöje igen.&lt;br /&gt;
Förmodligen så kommer jag att bredda innehållet till fler ämnen än teologi - förhoppningsvis har jag lite intressant att skriva om på andra områden.&lt;br /&gt;
Det är upp till er läsare att avgöra i kommentarsfältet eller via direkt kontakt med mig om vilka ämnen som intresserar Er!&lt;br /&gt;
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Layouten skall jag göra om också, den är ingen vacker syn.&lt;br /&gt;
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Fortsätt leva underbart och låt inte åsikter andra har förstöra er dag.&lt;br /&gt;
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Peace goes in, peace goes out... You can&#39;t explain that!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/feeds/1644417330357230191/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/02/hej-igen-ni-vackra-manniskor-har-varit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/1644417330357230191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/1644417330357230191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2013/02/hej-igen-ni-vackra-manniskor-har-varit.html' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11069122523393748902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657626984913795520.post-4319384085676187320</id><published>2012-05-28T21:02:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2012-05-28T21:02:15.234+02:00</updated><title type='text'>English will be used more often.</title><content type='html'>Hello, dear sheeples.&lt;br /&gt;
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I will try my best to write in English further on. Send me an e-mail or notify me somehow if you wish me to clarify what Google-translate seems to make out of my native language in my previous posts.&lt;br /&gt;
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If it ends up in some sort of binary code, I&#39;ll simply promise to do my best... Which really is another way of saying &quot;I dunno 010100011!&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Cheers!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/feeds/4319384085676187320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2012/05/english-will-be-used-more-often.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/4319384085676187320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/4319384085676187320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2012/05/english-will-be-used-more-often.html' title='English will be used more often.'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11069122523393748902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657626984913795520.post-6542993872345196263</id><published>2012-05-28T20:39:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2012-05-28T20:39:43.262+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Religion i Sverige?</title><content type='html'>Får ofta höra att vad som händer i mellanöstern, USA och delar av Afrika inte är relaterat till hur religion påverkar vårt samhälle i Sverige... Håller med.&lt;br /&gt;
Religioner i Sverige har dragits sparkande och skrikande ut ur sin skräckhistoria, som skulle få Nazi-Tyskland och Sovjetunionens sammanlagda brott att likna presenter på julafton, till förflutna in i ett sekulärt samhälle.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ett samhälle där vår moral, våra värderingar och våra lagar inte kommer från någon högre auktoritet än våra medmänniskor. Vi är inte riktigt där ännu, dock. Effekterna av religioner finns kvar...&lt;br /&gt;
&#39;Gud&#39; blir allt mer abstrakt och är inte längre en del av vårt universum, utan &quot;metafysisk&quot; och kan inte upptäckas med hjälp av vetenskap.&lt;br /&gt;
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Men samtidigt går folk och ber, donerar sina pensionspengar till kyrkor av olika slag, skickar sina barn till söndagsskolan, frågar sina imamer om råd... Och dom lever vidare i sin tro om att dom har en säker plats i paradiset för dessa gärningar.&lt;br /&gt;
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Jag vill vara extremt klar med att jag inte vill ha någon form av lag mot religioner, för er som vill kalla mig rasistisk för att jag är emot Islam, hatisk för att jag är emot Kristendomen,&amp;nbsp; nazist för att jag är emot Judendomen. Det har inte med individerna att göra - det har med hela deras kollektiva tankebanor att göra.&lt;br /&gt;
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Det enda sättet att få folk att tänka för sig själva är genom att lära dom hur. Och vad kan detta mirakulösa botemedel vara? Skepticism.&lt;br /&gt;
Så enkelt är det. Att lära framförallt barn HUR dom ska kunna filtrera alla möjliga påståenden som presenteras för dom. Att lära personer att tänka kritiskt och logiskt om världen runt omkring dom.&lt;br /&gt;
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Problemet är att hela vår syn på det &quot;onaturliga&quot;, det &quot;metafysiska&quot;, det &quot;oförklarliga&quot; är att det är spännande. Och religioner ÄLSKAR det.&lt;br /&gt;
Då kan man få folk att be om förlåtelse till &quot;detta&quot; istället för deras medmänniskor, att få dom att donera pengar till &quot;själsliga&quot; ändamål, att lära barn att personen bakom podiet i kyrkan är en moralisk auktoritet.&lt;br /&gt;
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Att säga till folk att &quot;DET FINNS INGEN GUD!&quot; är lika dumt som att säga att &quot;DET FINNS EN!&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
Folk som ger upp sin religion är inte något jag förespråkar... Att ge upp tankesättet som ledde till deras tro på den däremot.&lt;br /&gt;
Med samma tankesätt så ersätts religion med olika konspirationsteorier, extrema sådana.&lt;br /&gt;
Är det bättre? Nej. Det är samma dynga, fast omformulerat.&lt;br /&gt;
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Man måste dock börja någonstans... Skepticism leder till att ställa frågor, logik leder till att kunna dra sanna slutsatser om ett påstående, rationalitet leder till rättvisa.&lt;br /&gt;
Alla dessa är värdelösa om man inte följer bevis. DET är vad folk behöver läras. Att deras moral inte kommer från Jesus, Muhammed, Krishna, Tor eller någon annan. Att deras syn på världen är deras egen!&lt;br /&gt;
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Har vi detta att utgå från, så kommer vår värld att veta den sanna innebörden av fred, kärlek och att vi alla har lika mycket att säga till om.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/feeds/6542993872345196263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2012/05/religion-i-sverige.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/6542993872345196263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/6542993872345196263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2012/05/religion-i-sverige.html' title='Religion i Sverige?'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11069122523393748902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657626984913795520.post-3626119329017374160</id><published>2012-05-24T09:19:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2012-05-24T09:19:41.491+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Sekulär eller inte?</title><content type='html'>Många ställer sig frågan: Hur ska staten ställa sig i fråga om religiös mångfald?&lt;br /&gt;
Mitt svar är att den inte ska göra något anspråk alls, vare sig för eller emot.&lt;br /&gt;
Här är det dock viktigt att inte fatta beslut från en förutfattad position att religiösa traditioner&lt;br /&gt;
måste respekteras av alla.&lt;br /&gt;
Ingen kan göra anspråk på vad en person får tro på eller inte tro på, men i ett samhälle där vi alla lever och interagerar med varandra måste det finnas regler för vad en person får göra eller inte göra.&lt;br /&gt;
Där har vi lagen. Den måste följas av alla individer, oavsett religiös eller politisk uppfattning.&lt;br /&gt;
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Från ett håll så ser vi det som en självklarhet att inte diskriminera religiösa och från ett annat så vill vi minska människors lidande.&lt;br /&gt;
Det är ett återkommande dilemma. Ska omskärelse tillåtas eller förbjudas? Halal-slakt? Skolavslutningar i kyrkan?&lt;br /&gt;
Min uppfattning är att detta inte skall tillåtas, då det tvingar individer att delta i något dom kanske inte finner moraliskt eller som dom tar skada av.&lt;br /&gt;
Omskärelse? Gör vad du vill med din förhud, men ingen ska tillåtas fatta det beslutet åt dig.&lt;br /&gt;
Halal-slakt? Totalförbjud. Det är inte förenligt med ett etiskt behandlande av djur.&lt;br /&gt;
Skolavslutningar i kyrkan? Ingen ska tvingas delta, och den statliga skolan ska inte ha sina ceremonier där.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ska burka tillåtas i skolan? Jag ser inget problem med det om det är upp till varje individ att välja sina kläder själv. Samtidigt så kan man inte förbjuda keps eller mössa i klassrummen i sådana fall.&lt;br /&gt;
Det är hela tiden en balansgång mellan varje individs frihet och hur omgivningen påverkas.&lt;br /&gt;
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Mitt förslag är att presentera förslag med hjälp av logiskt sunda argument med stöd av vetenskapen.&lt;br /&gt;
Och ja, moral kan härledas ur logik.&lt;br /&gt;
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Det är en logisk slutsats jag drar av hur vi formar idéer.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ateism är endast grundställningen innan vi blir introducerade till teism, att det finns Gud(ar).&lt;br /&gt;
Det finns flera definitioner och olika grenar inom rörelsen, men detta är vad vi alla har gemensamt.&lt;br /&gt;
Att påstå att det inte finns en Gud brukar kallas stark ateism, vilket för mig är ett argument lika&lt;br /&gt;
dumt som att påstå att det finns en.&lt;br /&gt;
För det första så måste &#39;Gud&#39; definieras innan vi kan dra några slutsatser alls, vilka attribut hör till detta ord,&lt;br /&gt;
vilka bevis finns där för att något sådant existerar eller ens kan existera i vårt universum.&lt;br /&gt;
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&quot;Jag tror inte på den kristna guden, men &quot;något&quot; måste det ju finnas...&quot; är ett svar jag ofta får.&lt;br /&gt;
Detta är vad inom logiska termer kallas för &quot;ett argument från ignorans&quot;, att personen i fråga&lt;br /&gt;
inte vet svaret på X och därför är &quot;något&quot; ett måste.&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;Men detta gör väl ändå ingen verklig skada? Folk får väl tro vad dom vill?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
Folk FÅR tro vad dom vill, även om jag inte riktigt ser tro som något man väljer.&lt;br /&gt;
Att det inte gör någon skada är dock inte sant, då vad vi tror på har en effekt på våra handlingar.&lt;br /&gt;
Tro på saker utan en god anledning leder ofta till irrationella beslut, vilket vi har sett både historiskt&lt;br /&gt;
och kan se i vår vardag.&lt;br /&gt;
Jag tänker därför inte bara ignorera hur religion (bland annat) påverkar vårt samhälle, även om det&lt;br /&gt;
inte är till samma extremer som i andra delar av världen.&lt;br /&gt;
Det är syftet med denna blogg, att bryta indoktrineringen och det kontinuerliga förfallet av logik, resonemang och rättvisa...</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/feeds/1744028471941599910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2012/05/in-beginning.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/1744028471941599910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6657626984913795520/posts/default/1744028471941599910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-swedish-infidel.blogspot.com/2012/05/in-beginning.html' title='In the beginning...'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11069122523393748902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>