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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

January 26, 2021: “Good and Evil, Curtis and Kamala, and STILL No Flamethrower!”

                     

YOUR META WELCOMES YOU TO THE YEAR TWENTY-AUGHT-TWENTY AND ONE!

 


Welcome to another year of hope, relevance, relief, self-awareness and SELF-CARE-NESS! We've brought you:

THE PROBLEM OF EVIL

WATER, WATER . . . EVERYWHERE!

SOMETHING IN COMMON, SOMETHING IN MIND

CHARLES CURTIS: THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN U.S. V.P.


PLUS: GADGETS (NONE OF WHICH ARE A FLAMETHROWER)


And we're still serving up music, mindful, and META: ALLLLL the things YOUR BLACK META does with PASSION AND PANACHE!


ONE MONTH DOWN AND THE REST OF OUR LIVES TO GO!











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WORDSofWISDOM&RELEVANCE



“Find out who you are. Do it on purpose.”—Dolly Parton







LOCAL organizations to connect, to listen, and to be heard:




  • https://citizenactionny.org/about
  • https://citizenactionny.org/events/venues/7-grand-st-kingston-ny-12401-usa


  • https://kingstontenantsunion.org/
  • https://kingstontenantsunion.org/events/
  • https://kingstontenantsunion.org/news/


  • https://riseupkingston.org/
  • https://riseupkingston.org/blog






FreedomWalker's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links





COFFEE & GREEN TEA COMBO


  • How Much Water Do you Need to Drink in Winter? https://www.kent.co.in/blog/how-much-water-do-you...




THE SPRUCE


  • Goodnewsnetwork.org
  • "Did you know the kazoo came from Macon?" Joe Kovac, Jr., Macon.com. The kazoo, according to the Kazoo Museum in Beaufort, South Carolina, may well have been developed in Macon as a descendent of an African instrument known as the mirliton or onion flute. The more modern instrument is credited as being the handiwork of a black man from Macon whose name was Alabama Vest. [Article, video, and audio transcript] November 11, 2016. https://www.macon.com/living/article114204123.html#:~:text=The%20more%20modern%20instrument%20is,the%201852%20Georgia%20State%20Fair





SOMETHING DIFFERENT - EDITORIAL

  • Remembering Charles Curtis, the first Native American … https://www.cbsnews.com/news/remembering-charles... Jan 17, 2021 · Ninety-two years ago Charles Curtis was inaugurated as America's first (and only) Native American vice president. Curtis was a member of the Kaw (also called Kanza) Nation. 





K-TOWN NEWS


  • The Almanac




MINDFUL MUSEUM:


  • GIFTSICLE.com The 61 Must-Have Tech Gifts On Every Gadget Geeks Wishlist





beetle's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links



S P O T L I G H T








‘"SEAGULLS! (Stop It Now)" -- A Bad Lip Reading of The Empire Strikes Back.’ Bad Lip Reading, Youtube. [3:56] Yoda is not fond of seagulls. Full-length version of the song first seen here: https://youtu.be/UkiI2vM2lfA. November 25, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9t-slLl30E




FULL PLAYLIST of BAD LIP READING'S STAR WARS SATIRE:



"STAR WARS." Bad Lip Reading, Youtube. [10 videos, last updated December 25, 2019] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDWOaLX7rvz2c9FovuAIFcocP--3o2oI7







(Re)Sources for “Meta on the Meta: Why, God? Why?” and “Black X-Files: Why, Mind? Why?” 




Multimedia

  1. "The Problem of Evil: Crash Course Philosophy #13." CrashCourse, Youtube. [10:03] After weeks of exploring the existence of nature of god, today Hank explores one of the biggest problems in theism, and possibly the biggest philosophical question humanity faces: why is there evil? May 9, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AzNEG1GB-k
  2. "Crash Course Psychology Preview." Crash Course, Youtube. [2:32] Want more videos about psychology every Monday and Thursday? Check out our sister channel SciShow Psych at https://www.youtube.com/scishowpsych!   Welcome to Crash Course Psychology! January 27, 2020. https://youtu.be/eal4-A89IWY
  3. "Intro to Psychology: Crash Course Psychology #1." Crash Course, Youtube. [10:53] Want more videos about psychology every Monday and Thursday? Check out our sister channel SciShow Psych at https://www.youtube.com/scishowpsych!   What does Psychology mean? Where does it come from? Hank gives you a 10 minute intro to one of the more tricky sciences and talks about some of the big names in the development of the field. Welcome to Crash Course Psychology!!! February 3, 2014. https://youtu.be/vo4pMVb0R6M





Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites


  1. "A Simple Statement of the Problem of Evil (2011)." Keith Parsons, Infidels.org. Believers tell us that God is good. Not only is he good, he is perfectly good, supremely good, as good as can be. God is also powerful. Not only is he powerful, he is omnipotent—that is, all-powerful. Most theologians and philosophers have taken "all-powerful" to mean that God can do anything except make a contradiction true. So making a round square, a married bachelor, or an odd number that is evenly divisible by two are things that God cannot do. "Round square," "married bachelor," and "odd number evenly divisible by two" are contradictions in terms, so for these things to exist, a contradiction would have to be true.[1] However, anything else—any x for which we can say "God does x" without contradicting ourselves—God can do. He can, for instance, heal the sick, raise the dead, part the sea, or turn water into wine. Accessed January 26, 2021. https://infidels.org/library/modern/keith_parsons/evil.html
  2. "Problem of Evil (Logical and Evidential Problem)." Lumenlearning.com, accessed January 26, 2021. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/sanjacinto-philosophy/chapter/problem-of-evil-logical-and-evidential-problem/
  3. "The Problem of Evil: Evidential Arguments from Evil." Keith Augustine, Infidels.org. The argument from evil (or problem of evil) is the argument that an all-powerful, all-knowing, and perfectly good God would not allow any—or certain kinds of—evil or suffering to occur. Unlike the logical argument from evil, which holds that the existence of God (so defined) is logically incompatible with some known fact about evil, the evidential (or probabilistic) argument from evil contends that some known fact about evil is evidence against the existence of God. For instance, one version of the argument contends that the biological role of pain and pleasure is much more likely on naturalism than theism (e.g., Paul Draper). Accessed January 26, 2021. https://infidels.org/library/modern/nontheism/atheism/evil.html
  4. "What are the most terrifying displays of intelligence by animals." Response by Chukwuebuka Sunday, Quora.com. A lioness made a big kill but got remorseful. After realizing the antelope she had killed was pregnant, the lioness removed the unborn calf and tried to shake it back to life.... Updated September 14, 2020. https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-terrifying-displays-of-intelligence-by-animals/answer/Chukwuebuka-Sunday-1?ch=10&share=9dbb7b66&srid=Swkh


  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_(psychology)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affect_display
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorality
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apologetics
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apology
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_nonbelief
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_nonbelief#Unknown_purpose_defense
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheist
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_nervous_system
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscience
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empiricism
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicurus
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil#Usefulness_as_a_term
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_(disambiguation)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_ethics
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeling
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoevsky
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitchens%27s_razor
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immorality
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_evil
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_nihilism
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_relativism
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morality
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_injury
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_evil
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibenevolent
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipotent
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omniscient
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perception
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_mind
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_religion
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_evil
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_Hell
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realpolitik
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_ethics
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_terrorism
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjectivity
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffering
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brothers_Karamazov
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodicy
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_judgment#Nonjudgmental
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Rowe
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom#Sapience




[Referenced / resourced, but not aired]

Multimedia


  1. "The logical and evidential problem of evil(1)." Philipapeter, Slideshare.net, January 11, 2016. https://www.slideshare.net/philipapeters/the-logical-and-evidential-problem-of-evil1
  2. "What Is Justice?: Crash Course Philosophy #40." Crash Course, Youtube. [10:14] In today’s episode, Hank asks you to consider all the ways people talk about justice and what we really mean when we use that word. We’ll explain various theories of justice, just distribution, and different approaches to punishment. December 19, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0CTHVCkm90
  3. "Introduction to Rawls: A Theory of Justice." Then & Now, Youtube. [16:26] The American philosopher John Rawls was the most influential political thinkers of the late twentieth century. Born in 1921 and died in 2002, he’s responsible for a renaissance in political philosophy.... July 2, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6k08C699zI




[Referenced / resourced, but not read on-air]


Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites

  1. "Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: The Problem of Evil." Michael Tooley, Plato.standford.edu. The epistemic question posed by evil is whether the world contains undesirable states of affairs that provide the basis for an argument that makes it unreasonable to believe in the existence of God. This discussion is divided into eight sections. The first is concerned with some preliminary distinctions; the second, with the choice between deductive versions of the argument from evil, and evidential versions; the third, with alternative evidential formulations of the argument from evil; the fourth, with the distinction between three very different types of responses to the argument from evil: attempted total refutations, defenses, and theodicies. The fifth section then focuses upon attempted total refutations, while the sixth is concerned with defenses, and the seventh with some traditional theodicies. The possibility of more modest variants on defenses and theodicies, based on the idea of global properties, is then considered in section eight. Revised March 3, 2015. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/evil/
  2. "Why Doesn't God Intervene to Prevent Evil? (1996)." Bruce Russell, Infidels.org. The following is [Russell's] abstract of his article: If we have reason to believe that there is pointless suffering, then we have reason to believe God does not exist, for God would not allow pointless suffering. Russell considers three dfferent principles concerning when failure to see something gives us reason to believe it is not there. He criticizes the first two principles and defends the third. He then uses it to argue that our failure to see a good whose realization would justify God in allowing all the suffering we see can give us reason to believe there is no such good and so reason to believe there is pointless suffering and that God does not exist. Accessed January 26, 2021. https://infidels.org/library/modern/bruce_russell/intervene.html
  3. "God is Either the Efficient or Final Cause of Evil (2020)." Edouard Tahmizian, Infidels.org. The purpose of this paper is to show that, if biblical hard determinism is true, God would be the efficient cause of Adam and Eve's transgression—the original sin that the rest of humanity inherited when the first humans, Adam and Eve, purportedly ate fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden according to the Book of Genesis. Accessed January 26, 2021. https://infidels.org/library/modern/edouard_tahmizian/cause-of-evil.html
  4. "Why God Does Not Exist Because This World Does (2020)." Richard Schoenig, Infidels.org. Introduction I will argue that the existence of this world (TW) constitutes adequate evidence that the theistic God (henceforth just "God") does not exist. Accessed January 25, 2021. https://infidels.org/library/modern/richard_schoenig/no-god.html











Music Playlists




FreedomWalker's Playlist:

  1. Abdul Ali: “Take Me to Da Wata”
  2. John Batiste: “Miles Away”
  3. Sneaker Pimps: “Spin Sugar”





beetle's Playlist:

  1. Copilot + Sound: “Gold Dust Woman”
  2. Red Hot Chili Peppers: “Dark Necessities”
  3. P. P. Arnold: “The First Cut is the Deepest”




LYRICS

  • Geniuslyrics.com









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