Whitehead on the fallacy of misplaced concreteness. I think the property of determinism is a case of this archive.org/details/scie...

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Claudish evolves, I’m sure, and I didn’t particularly hear it in the CHE piece. I think we should be empirical about this—whatever works, works! But with the proviso that unless you’re very very good and careful, pasting prose from a model risks banality. Most people, I think, will not escape.

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Does it make sense to deport a man who overstayed a visa but otherwise has no criminal record when his deportation means shutting down a food pantry that serves meals to 7,000-8,000 needy people a month? Does choosing not to exercise discretion in his case make America greater?

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Go to your camera roll and search "boat" and then post a pic of a boat you like

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Treat's collared ant, Aphaenogaster treatae. Sand Ridge state forest, Illinois. This is a large, attractive sand-specialist ant is common in eastern North America wherever the soil type fits. It can be recognized by the enlarged lobe at the base of the antennae.

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