I was reading an argument happening in the comments of an article about Light Table switching to open source. The argument was about freedom in relation to software, and it went basically something like this: > People who use OSX are less free [than Linux users], because they don't have...
On HackerNews, this article was linked. The general idea is that companies are studying what people like to read, to help authors produce books that people like to read. Now, for me, when I look at this idea, I see some down sides, but I certainly see some benefits as...
Stanford Encyclopedia : Perception Wikipedia : Direct and Indirect Realism On various philosophy forums I've participated on, there have been arguments between those who call themselves 'direct realists' and those who call themselves 'indirect realists'. The question is apparently about perception. Do we experience reality directly, or do we experience...