Jackson Capper

Software engineer, author, and father.

How Do We Know?

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Logic is considered to be the only means to derive truth. The argument goes: “truth requires a logical argument” or “any argument against logical necessity for truth requires logic itself, so logic can never be dismissed“. This is true if we define truth to be that which is determined by logic. However, this is a…

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The Mystery

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The mystery of experience hides knowledge.The experience is the only provable existence.Thus, it is the foundation upon which all truths can be built. The experience renders an ego,the seeming sense of self inside flesh.The flesh is made of matter and the fleshresides in dead flesh, namely the dust. The flesh is dust, the dust is…

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The First Book of Maccabees : Chapter 1

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This is the “beta version” of a new english rendering, The Living English Rendering (LER), of the First Book of Maccabees I’m working on

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The Quality of Quantity & The Nature of Number

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A type of thing is a consistent invocation of sensations that a person identifies. A type of thing will be referred to formally as a quality set, in that it is a set of distinctive qualities one identifies as being fulfilled. For example, a cat is quality set regarding the slenderness of the nose, the…

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The Paradox of a Fundamental: A Simple Proof of Idealism

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For any phenomena to possess a characteristic means that it exhibits at least some consistent effect on associated phenomena. It is good enough to realise a posteriori that the effect probably exists, given that we do not have an infinite sample. However, its consequences on surrounding phenomena is consistent enough to give it the benefit…

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The Philosophical Singularity: Ontological & Epistomological Foundations

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The act of philosophy is reasoning. Reasoning can take any fundamental premise and produce greater composite propositions. For example, a mathematician might begin with . From here he may derive composite arithmetical processes, algebra, and even calculus. Such fundamental premises do not have to be as low-level as basic addition. For example, a Christian apologist…

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Stacked Spins: Back to Basics

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I don’t agree that Mathis’ model of the atom is correct however I like to entertain alternative models as a mental exercise (just as it’s fun to attempt to prove a flat-earth despite that it’s obviously not the case). Based on Mathis’ stacked spin model and Nevym’s angle velocities and closely comparing to his simulations, here…

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Dragons & Chimpanzees

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A short poem portraying human nature and the battle within.

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Universal Basic Income Solves a Problem That Doesn’t Exist

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By peddling fears of automation, a new generation of Luddites are gearing up for Socialism 2.0, certain to unleash poverty to fix a problem that never even existed. Imagine being repeatedly warned that you will soon lose your job to automation, that the robots are coming to default your mortgage and put you on the…

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A Critique of Christian Transhumanism

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Christian transhumanism is the idea that the mission of Christianity can be better assisted with or is compatible with transhumanism, the transcendance of physical experience beyond the human body with technology. The theological contradictions are various, but let’s consider the very premise of transhumanism. While Jesus himself apparently used artificial means to complete his mission…

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