tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74601952009-02-20T18:33:37.815-08:00The Ed-ucator is a place to discover things. It is run by me (a guy named Ed); and I'm someone who thinks that education can, in principle, solve all the basic problems of humanity. You are invited to judge for yourself whether or not you think the content of this blog has the potential to improve the lot of mankind. Whatever your conclusion, my goal is to offer content which is useful for living on earth, and in a manner that is at least entertaining, and hopefully inspiring.Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442839607749645204noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7460195.post-1093243685989551172004-08-22T23:47:00.000-07:002004-08-25T18:47:24.810-07:00

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Warning: Persons with diabetes should not ever make ANY significant lifestyle changes without first reviewing such changes with their professional healthcare specialist. Coma and death are entirely possible via uncritical lifestyle change in diabetics. As always, the following is not to be interpreted as medical advice.

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A healthful way to GAIN weight (Difficulty Level: Basic/Introductory) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unplanned, uncritical weight gain can be unhealthy. Some evidence suggests that obesity plays a deciding factor in about 300,000 premature deaths each year. A person's body weight can often (but not always) give us an indirect view into what types of

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---------------- The title of this essay makes a claim (to which I provide a key example) - a claim that something other than good will is behind much of the nutrition advice that people on the whole are receiving from various "experts" and "institutions" (whether from government or the private sector). How is this possible? How could a recurrent underlying theme of unchecked bias run through

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The Ed_ucator ("Ed") 

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---------------------------------------------------------------- This essay serves 3 purposes: 1) Identification of the distinct positions taken in the Realism-Nominalism debate 2) Identification of Rand's (implicit) position in this debate 3) Final resolution of the "Problem of Universals" (by creating an understanding so clear and sufficient that the problem is decisively transcended)

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One criterion for education to take place is to first have something to teach. But all "teachings" - whether each is taken in specific parts, or as a general whole - are either true or false. This immediately brings up the concern over how it is that humans can know whether something is true or false - as well as the concern over whether or not those things which are "known" to be true are

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