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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" version="2.0"><channel><title>The Uncredible Hallq</title> <link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq</link> <description>Philosophy, atheism, killer robots</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:45:40 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4</generator> <atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/patheos/hallq" /><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="patheos/hallq" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">patheos/hallq</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item><title>Star Trek’s reactionary take on human enhancement</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/star-trek-reactionary-take-on-human-enhancement/</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/star-trek-reactionary-take-on-human-enhancement/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:15:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Hallquist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arts Media Literature & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Star Trek]]></category> <category><![CDATA[transhumanism]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/?p=3642</guid> <description><![CDATA[Reading transhumaist fiction makes Star Trek look as reactionary as Lord of the Rings. All of Trek's greatest villains are enhanced, while enhanced heroes are relegated to Token Orc status.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/star-trek-reactionary-take-on-human-enhancement/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Is there more to life than happiness?</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/is-there-more-to-life-than-happiness/</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/is-there-more-to-life-than-happiness/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Hallquist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Philosophy & Ethics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/?p=3607</guid> <description><![CDATA[Pleasure isn't all we care about that. Is the same true of happiness? If religion had a positive effect on happiness, would you want to be religious? Could Paris Hilton ever be happy?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/is-there-more-to-life-than-happiness/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>On the stupidity of asking, “but where’s the evidence we need evidence for things?”</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/on-the-stupidity-of-asking-but-wheres-the-evidence-we-need-evidence-for-things/</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/on-the-stupidity-of-asking-but-wheres-the-evidence-we-need-evidence-for-things/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 18:55:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Hallquist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Atheism & Religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[epistemology]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/?p=3632</guid> <description><![CDATA[Dealing with a Christian who insists asking for evidence is self-defeating.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/on-the-stupidity-of-asking-but-wheres-the-evidence-we-need-evidence-for-things/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>62</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Do 29 percent of Americans really think an armed revolution might be necessary in the next few years?</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/do-29-percent-of-americans-really-think-an-armed-revolution-might-be-necessary-in-the-next-few-years/</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/do-29-percent-of-americans-really-think-an-armed-revolution-might-be-necessary-in-the-next-few-years/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 23:09:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Hallquist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Politics Society History & Law]]></category> <category><![CDATA[belief in belief]]></category> <category><![CDATA[guns]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/?p=3629</guid> <description><![CDATA[Brian Lieter links to the following story, concluding &#8220;Large numbers of Americans are completely nuts&#8221;: Supporters and opponents of gun control have very different fundamental beliefs about the role of guns in American society. Overall, the poll finds that 29 percent of Americans think that an armed revolution in order to protect liberties might be [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/do-29-percent-of-americans-really-think-an-armed-revolution-might-be-necessary-in-the-next-few-years/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Who do you want me to interview?</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/who-do-you-want-me-to-interview/</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/who-do-you-want-me-to-interview/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:12:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Hallquist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/?p=3626</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hi everybody, last year I talked a bit about starting up a podcast, but never sorted out the technical difficulties. Now I think I&#8217;ve managed to do that, and need people to interview, so consider this a thread to offer suggestions.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/who-do-you-want-me-to-interview/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>13</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Who takes the likes of Sye Ten Bruggencate seriously?</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/who-takes-the-likes-of-sye-ten-bruggencate-seriously/</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/who-takes-the-likes-of-sye-ten-bruggencate-seriously/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 06:53:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Hallquist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Atheism & Religion]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/?p=3621</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sye Ten Bruggencate makes Bill O'Reilly look smart. So how does he manage to make a living as a full-time apologist? Could young-earth creationism be the answer?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/who-takes-the-likes-of-sye-ten-bruggencate-seriously/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>I wish more Christians knew this Bible verse</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/i-wish-more-christians-knew-this-bible-verse/</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/i-wish-more-christians-knew-this-bible-verse/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 10:40:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Hallquist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Atheism & Religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[prayer]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/?p=3616</guid> <description><![CDATA[If only more Christians knew what the Bible really says about prayer...]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/i-wish-more-christians-knew-this-bible-verse/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>18</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How intelligible is intelligence?</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/how-intelligible-is-intelligence/</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/how-intelligible-is-intelligence/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 20:34:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Hallquist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Science & Technology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Machine Intelligence Research Institute]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Steven Pinker]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/?p=2931</guid> <description><![CDATA[This is important, because if all we need to make human-level AI is a relatively small number of key insights, the development of human-level AI might come seemingly out of nowhere. On the other hand, if it's going to take a slow grind of R&#038;D, we're likely to get more of a warning. There are also potential implications for the impact of AI and what we can do to manage it. So how intelligible is intelligence?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/how-intelligible-is-intelligence/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Greta Christina on infighting vs. healthy debate</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/greta-christina-on-infighting-vs-healthy-debate/</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/greta-christina-on-infighting-vs-healthy-debate/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 18:40:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Hallquist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Atheism & Religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SIWOTI]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/?p=3602</guid> <description><![CDATA[A week ago, Greta Christina posted an article she had written that originally appeared in Free Inquiry on the difference between infighting and healthy debate. Her suggested criteria are mostly very good, with a couple I’d quibble with and a couple that look hopeless.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/greta-christina-on-infighting-vs-healthy-debate/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Discussion topic: presuppositionalism</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/discussion-topic-presuppositionalism/</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/discussion-topic-presuppositionalism/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 21:46:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Chris Hallquist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Atheism & Religion]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/?p=3599</guid> <description><![CDATA[Because I haven't tangled with presuppositional apologetics in awhile.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/hallq/2013/05/discussion-topic-presuppositionalism/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>19</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss><!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. 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