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@AlexL Another one of Objectivism Online's less often enforced rules. <---for a full list, click the underlined. Reporting violations of the rules Do not post complaints about the behavior of any member on the forum - report them to the moderators. Public complaints about other members will be treated as a personal attack and may be deleted! If you think someone deserves a warning, please use the "Report!" link found on every post. The offender will not know who reported him.

Arguably, logic is at the root of the Department of Justice's approach to the field or science of forensics. Logic, as the art of non-contradictory identification, has been developed around the capacity to separate the contradictory from the non-contradictory. Harkening back to the previous post, an intellectual achievement would be an identification that is non-contradictory. An intellectual crime woud be passing off a contradictory identification as non-contradictory.

On the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Policy page is the Forensic Science section. In the 'About' section, it reads: Forensic science is a critical element of the criminal justice system. Forensic scientists examine and analyze evidence from crime scenes and elsewhere to develop objective findings that can assist in the investigation and prosecution of perpetrators of crime or absolve an innocent person from suspicion. In Ayn Rand's essay, Philosophical Detection, a passage reads: A philosophical detective must seek to determine the truth or falsehood of an abstract system and thus discover whether he is dealing with a great achievement or an intellectual crime. The Forensic Files provide brief insightful looks into the world of solving murder cases. In the American legal system, the oft-touted claim is a presumption of innocence until proven guilty. The episodes introduce the viewer to some of the behind-the-scenes looks at the processes of validating evidence. If the desire is to provide an equivalent in philosophical matters, the methods need to be impeccable as possible, be they for a great achievement or an intellectual crime.

I hadn't thought about moderating in terms of a wallflower before. In most public gatherings, I'm usually the quiet one who listens and answers a directed question or two briefly and concisely. Now here we are with another situation akin to the CoViD noise that broke out and spread worldwide back in 2019. Most of the points pulled in the referenced articles are for conference-style moderation platforms. Many of the suggestions apply equally as well in this setting. When I logged into this website in 2009, this was not where I envisioned myself. Objectivism is a philosophy for living on earth. Yes, it involves politics and even art. For Objectivism to spread, it is the ethical aspect that has to take root in the individual. In the History of Philosophy, Lecture 3, Leonard Piekoff addresses how political discussions get bogged down and seem insoluble. When there is harmony in the three antecedent branches, discord in politics usually disappears.

How to Be a Good Moderator in 4 Simple Steps <4 partial excerpts> Step 1: Prepare Your Panelists in Advance Step 2: Ensure an Excellent Audience Experience Step 3: Don’t Be Afraid to Use Your Power Step 4: Embrace the Role of the Middleman

The Research Group: Characteristics of a great moderator? <7 partial excerpts> 1.) Natural curiosity. Phrases like “I don’t know,” “I guess so” and “I’m not sure” create great opportunities to any true moderator. 2.) Ease in interacting with people. Wallflowers need not apply for the job of moderating. Nor, for that matter, should someone who has to be the center of attention enter the ring. 3.) Ability to remain impartial, open, and unbiased 4.) Flexibility. 5.) Strong verbal skills. Moderators should use language that is direct without being confrontational, and clear... 6.) Excited about the process of discovery. 7.) Creating comfort and trust.

Moderating 10 key skills and qualities 10 key SAQs (skills and qualities) every moderator should practice 1.) Build Rapport- 2.) Be an Active Listener- 3.) Remain Neutral yet Involved- 4.) Be Flexible- 5.) Use the “5-second Pause” and “Probe” Techniques- 6.) Acknowledge and Respect- 7.) Practice good Organization/Management Skills- 8.) Have Knowledge of the Topic- 9.) Be Enthusiastic and Attentive- 10.) Have a Sense of Humor-

5 Key Traits of a Moderator That Every Event Planner Should Know (Ha! Pigeon, rather than rabbit, hole.) <excerpted> Here are 5 traits of a great moderator. 1. Proactiveness 2. Good Time Management 3. Attention and Listening 4. Reactiveness 5. Clarity

Everything in moderation, including moderation. — Pagan Pictures Paraphrased How to be a good moderator. A couple of key takeaways: <Excerpts> There are two types of moderators. 1.) There are those that are the ‘host’ for an entire day, the event moderator. They are for a large part responsible for the success of a conference. 2.) There are also panel- or session moderators. They are ‘only’ responsible for a specific session. Even though it is less work, it doesn’t make them less important. They can still make or break an event. If you want to be a good moderator at a conference or to moderate a conference session, you need to do certain things well. You need to work on these moderation skills: 1.) Be prepared 2.) Research 3.) Get in touch with the speakers 4.) Make the speakers the center of attention 5.) Ask the right questions 6.) Pay attention 7.) Be a host

By what measure(s) did you refer to the fundamental metaphysics and epistemology as being inescapably correct?

The religious believer has difficulty applying eternal to existence. I remember struggling to apply eternal to god, or the notion of eternal life. Fortunately I put in in the unresolve category to be circle back to should more of the puzzle pieces be discovered. The public school wasn't much better when it came to teaching evolution to students that were exposed to the creationist story. By then there were too many things to try to remember what all had to be sorted out later. Those were the years I took to math and ultimately descriptive geometry. The fast paces of indoctrination make it challenging enough for any child, be it religious instruction, or some of the ways some of the sciences are presented to keep track of the questions to which the responses didn't quite add up and further questioning often met with the expectation that "you ask too many questions" or a variation on that theme

She gave pause to "the missing link" in Selfishness Without a Self.

I'm sorry. I was reading Grandpa Hays' substack. I also need to run Invision's update to the forum software. I see this thread has generated about 30 pages (25 posts per page) of activity on the site, or about 725 posts. Is this thread an example of the most objective way to spend one's time? Still, it seems to be the most active thread on the site at the moment. Other than potentially gaining a conceptual insight into what is going on halfway around the world, is this conversation going to alter the course of events over there? I suspect not. Would you be interested in more control over the threads you start, @AlexL? I could look into what the forum software provides in that department.

Stephen, we had to finish some milk that got left here when the grandchildren slept over. Cracker Barrel Brand mix was used to make Blueberry Pancakes and yes, maple syrup was used. (Still keeping active at the local fitness center while I can.) Been watching Forensic Files. Gone with the Wind might be a nice repeat interjection. Hidden Figures has been advertised on freevee the last couple of episodes. You might enjoy The Help, if you've not seen it already. These issues, and others, are not likely to be played out in our lifetimes, but I am encouraged by some observations, and if they are confirmation bias', such as ARCUK, The John Galt Line, cross platform shows put forth by James Valliant and from my own back yard, Robert and Amy Nasir. I think Andrew was doing more reminiscing than advocation of the product line. His Robber Baron lecture series, (no longer available) is superb and he is a bubbly advocate in general. I'm not as familiar with this guest/host.

This just came up on one of my f3ds today, reminding me of this thread. Enjoy. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d1jFISqPtbE&list=PLHbdiT1HZKpzIPA1pgVUHpSYK5ORUbjN0&index=2

Self-funded insurance is a company dabbling in the insurance business. A set of policies are set up with to manage payouts for medical payments. Employees can be offered a set of options to choose from with different co-pays and deductibles. If the law of averages work out, the company makes, or hopefully breaks even on the venture. If not, the company could be on the hook for some additional expanses on the corporate profit/loss sheet.

The logistics of trying to work around this such as a red flag that might get raise when a flood of inquiries come in with the same phone number, or if the expectation that the email is hosted by a company based email account. As to seeking out self-insured employers, it does not help their bottom line to have a prospective employee seeking them out for a benefit the employee is knowingly seeking to use. The above may have crossed your mind while framing your question as you did, or may help flesh what you already suspect a little more.

Then it is back, once again, to the engineers fabricating a demonstrative example that demonstrates such can be achieved.

If consciousness were replaced with existence the cited excerpt would read (since existence exists, you know that it could be created somehow) and there are those that have created entire theologies on those premises. If the biologist manage to replicate a biological living organism, would that make the created organism a machine having been constructed by man?

Human Intelligence in Liquid Form Robert Tracinski I have a new piece up at Discourse taking on our recurring fascination with the prospect of a robot apocalypse, in which humans are replaced, superseded, and eventually eaten by artificial intelligence.

Alive and ticking The idea that nature is a humming, complex, clockwork machine has been around for centuries. Is it due for a revival?

Or that choice/free-will cannot be programmed. I'll leave that to the programmers to demonstrate. in the meantime...

How would one distinguish between a man-made sentient being, (presumable not of sexual reproduction) and programmatic replication of the capacity of identification?

Logic is the art of non-contradictory identification. Identification could be the goal/value of an AI, by either sentient aspiration, or programmatic intent. Identify everything, exhaustively. As a key tennant to Objectivism, for the mind of man to distinguish is the AI's process of identification sentient or programmatic? If programmatic, such an accomplishment would rely on programming a machine to perform a process of induction. Since it is a man-made machine, what would be required to identify it as sentient, if it were to program itself as a result of man-mad programming? Things that make you go...hmm?

"—stand on an empty stretch of soil in a wilderness unexplored by men and ask yourself what manner of survival you would achieve and how long you would last if you refused to think, with no one around to teach you the motions, or, if you chose to think, how much your mind would be able to discover—" freebie(?) to chew upon in Objectivism Online What are those ideas worth to you that you might otherwise have to acquire them for yourself? A manner of survival is an ethical basis. A code of values accepted by choice. Does the fact that there are 2000+ years of discoveries and innovations surrounding just about every man woman and child on the planet absolve all of any sense of gratefulness? To accept such a code of morality is an act of choice. To disregard that code of ethics is permissible providing no rights are violated.in the process. Objectivism is a philosophy for living on earth. And Piekoff pointed out in a Q&A to the outburst "Revolution now!" in the lecture series on "Objective Communication", it comes down to education or quit. In terms of education, the martial arts maxim oft cited is, "when the pupil is ready, the teacher doth appear." Those that want their stories, Teslas, and spears must pay the contextually relevant price. The excerpt I cited, hopefully under fair use, is part of a larger body of work. To profit from that larger body of work is not something that comes from plunking down money on a booksellers counter for a paper and ink copy, an audiobook version, or even searchable electronic file.