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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

I’ve long wanted to put all the essays in Greatplay.net in one, easy to find place. Now I have to wait no longer, for I have finally done it! I present every essay I have on this website, all linked in one ordered presentation.

These often don’t follow categories perfectly, because topics from different categories often come together to make a single case or series. Typically the essays will be listed in chronological order, but will occasionally be resorted if they are intended to be read in a certain order. Each list is meant to be read from top to bottom.

The one downside is that this page will be updated and sorted manually, so you might have to wait a bit for everything to be updated. This is also an upside, however, because it means I will constantly reorganize the content in the way I think best presents it. This table of contents was last updated February 1, 2012.

Table of Contents of the Table of Contents

Atheism, Naturalism, and Humanism

Why I’m Not a Christian
Why I’m Not a Theist

The Problem of Evil

Why I’m Atheist
Why I’m Naturalist-Humanist

Naturalism and Humanism in Depth

Naturalism as a Livable Worldview
On Knowledge and Truth
On Morality and Value
On The Use of Words
Improving Rationality
Assorted Philosophy

Politics, Economics, and History

Assorted Political Science
Assorted Economics
Political Commentary
Assorted History

Mathematics and Computer Science

Making and Understanding Large Numbers
Paradoxes in Mathematics
Applying Physics
Creating Artificial Intelligence
Assorted Computer Programming
Analyzing Wikipedia
Assorted Cryptography

Me and the Internet

Disappointment and Compromise: A Webcomic
Ask Peter
Weekly Link Roundup
Assorted Me
Retrospectives
The RandomCast
Will and Keven’s Rap Review Challenge
Where This Site Has Been
The Google Images Adventure
Things on The Internet
Wolfram|Alpha
Site Updates

Arguing about Religion

Why Argue About Religion? (Aug 2011)
To Be Close Minded (Aug 2011)
How to Ignore Everything I Say (About Religion) (Jan 2012)

Why I’m Not a Christian

The Contradictory Failure of Prayer, Part I (Jul 2011)
The Contradictory Failure of Prayer, Part II (Jul 2011)
God, Babies, Hell, and Justice (Nov 2011)
The Biblical God is a Malevolent Bully, Part I (Nov 2011)
The Biblical God is a Malevolent Bully, Part II (Nov 2011)
The Christian God Sure Takes His Sweet Time (Dec 2011)
Does Christianity Contradict Evidence? (Oct 2011)

Why I’m Not a Theist

Defining Away the Ontological Arguement (Oct 2011)
Proving God Through Cosmology? (Nov 2011)
Why Not to Take Pascal’s Wager (Jan 2011)
Global Warming and Pascal’s Wager (Sep 2011)
But Religion is Useful! (Aug 2011)
Is There a Purpose to Religion? by Dee Mason (Sep 2011)
Where is God?, Part I (Jun 2011)
Where is God?, Part II (Jun 2011)

The Problem of Evil
The Great Problem of Evil, Part I (Jun 2011)
The Great Problem of Evil, Part II (Jun 2011)
The Great Problem of Evil, Part III (Jun 2011)
Revisiting the Problem of Evil, Part I (Sep 2011)
Is God Good?, Part I (Dec 2011)
Is God Good?, Part II (Jan 2012)

Why I’m Atheist

A Unicornism and the True Definition of Atheism (Jan 2011)

Why I’m Naturalist-Humanist

What is Naturalism-Humanism? (Dec 2010)
Defining the Natural and Supernatural (Aug 2011)
Reductionism Made Simple (Aug 2011)
The Magical Magician: A Naturalist’s Allegory (Aug 2011)
The Irreducible Sandwich: A Second Allegory (Dec 2011)
The Twelve Reasons I Don’t Believe in Supernatural Claims, Part I (Dec 2010)
The Twelve Reasons I Don’t Believe in Supernatural Claims, Part II (Jan 2011)
There Are No Religious Facts (Nov 2011)
The Metaphysics Dilemma (Nov 2011)
Making the Question Go Away (Nov 2011)
Continuing Comments on Randomness and Naturalism (Jan 2012)
Essays that Inspire Me (May 2011)

Naturalism as a Livable Worldview

Is Naturalism Bleak and Hopeless? (Aug 2011)
Is Life an Accident? (Aug 2011)
Do We Need an Ultimate Purpose? (Sep 2011)
More Problems With Ultimate Purpose and Heaven (Sep 2011)
The Patriotic Humanist (Jul 2011)
The Death of a Friend (Jul 2011)
Understand Your Ally (Oct 2011)
This is What I’m Fighting For (Oct 2011)
The True Fear of Being Wrong (Nov 2011)
The Spectre of Scientism (Nov 2011)

On Knowledge and Truth

Bayes Theorem is Best Theorem (Jan 2011)
The Origin of Truth (Jul 2011)
Meaningfully True (Jul 2011)
The End of Cartesian Demons (Aug 2011)
Clarifying the Idea of Meaning (Sep 2011)
Knowledge, A Priori and Absolute (Oct 2011)
The Map and the Territory (Oct 2011)

On Morality and Value

The Meaning of Morality (Oct 2011)
The Curious Case of Detached Value (Nov 2011)

On The Use of Words

Unscrew the Applause Lights (Apr 2011)
The Folly of Debating Definitions (Jul 2011)
Don’t Smuggle Your Connotations (Sep 2011)
Birds are Dinosaurs, But Pluto Isn’t a Planet, Part I (Nov 2011)
Birds are Dinosaurs, But Pluto Isn’t a Planet, Part II (Nov 2011)
Birds are Dinosaurs, But Pluto Isn’t a Planet, Part III (Nov 2011)
The “Why Do We Care?” Test (Nov 2011)

Improving Rationality

Magic Tricks Revealed: Test Your Rationality (Aug 2011)
The Sad Truth of Inferential Distance (Jan 2012)

Assorted Philosophy

P-Zombies are Fallacious (Dec 2011)
Identity Confusion as Definition Confusion, Part I (Nov 2011)
Identity Confusion as Definition Confusion, Part II (Nov 2011)
Free Will that Makes Sense (Feb 2011)

Assorted Political Science

Opinions, Perceptions, and Networks – More Political Science Research (Jan 2012)
Rating Presidential Candidates By the PoliFact Heuristic (Nov 2011)
The Media Creates Confidence: Political Science Research (May 2011)
A Mandate to Be Angry (Jul 2011)
[Flowchart] How a Bill Becomes a Law (Oct 2009)
Hacking the Electoral College (Oct 2009)

Assorted Economics

The Expected Utility of Lottery Tickets (Feb 2011)
How to (Maybe) Save the Economy, Part I (Jan 2011)

Political Commentary

The TL;DR Version of SOPA Opposition (Jan 2012)
What’s Up With SOPA, Part I (Jan 2012)
What is Bachmann’s God Telling Us? (Aug 2011)
Mr. Rogers and Proof Fox News Has Zero Integrity (May 2010)
Why We Need Net Neutrality (Apr 2010)
Michael Steele’s Race Card (Apr 2010)
I Preempted Jon Stewart (Apr 2010)
Dear Senate Republicans (Mar 2010)
Now About that Extremist Right Fringe (Mar 2010)
Why “Citizens United v. FEC” Isn’t a Huge Deal (Feb 2010)
Reality Has a Well Known Liberal Bias (Jan 2010)
Why 2012 Will Not Be the End of the World (Nov 2009)
Why Independent Thought Died Today (Sep 2009)
Mike Huckabee’s Common Sense Slip (Oct 2009)
Looks Can Be Deceiving (Jul 2009)
The Democrats Have Total Control! Oh No! (Jul 2009)
Palin Madness Wrapup (Jul 2009)
Obama Practices Precrime (Jun 2009)
Why You Shouldn’t Freak Out About Swine Flu (Apr 2009)
Swine Flu Revisited: You Still Shouldn’t Worry About It (May 2009)
The Whole Obama’s Birth Certificate Thing (Apr 2009)

Assorted History

What Happened to the Declaration Dudes?, Part I (Jul 2011)
Dogs Playing Poker by Reese McKinzie (Jul 2011)
A Brief History of Franklin, The State (Aug 2009)
A Brief History of the First 100 Days (Apr 2009)
Can Texas Secede? (Apr 2009)
Could Alexander Hamilton Be President? (Mar 2009)

Making and Understanding Large Numbers

Large Numbers, Part 1: Magnitude and Simple Functions (May 2011)
Large Numbers, Part 2: Graham and Conway (May 2011)
Large Numbers, Part 3: Functions and Ordinals (May 2011)
Large Numbers, Part 4: Epsilon and Phi (Jun 2011)
Large Numbers, Part 5: SVO, LVO, and Beyond (Oct 2011)
Comparing Moser Notation With Conway Notation (Jan 2011)
Conway and Moser Revisited (Feb 2011)

Paradoxes in Mathematics

Understanding the Birthday Paradox (May 2010)
The “Ultimate 0.999… = 1″ Guide (Nov 2009)
Why You Can’t Do Math With Infinity (Dec 2009)
Visualizing the Monty Hall Problem (Apr 2009)
Is Zero Even, Odd, Both, or Neither? (Apr 2009)

Applying Physics

A Solution to the Physics of Santa (Dec 2009)
A Solution to the Physics of Santa, Part II (Dec 2009)
A Solution to the Physics of Santa, Part III (Jan 2010)
Monkeys on Typewriters (Jan 2010)
Why Time Travel is Also Space Travel (Jan 2010)
Star Trek Innacuracy #1: The Hand Phaser (Jul 2009)
Why World Jump Day Won’t Do Anything (Jun 2009)
Can The Death Star Really Destroy A Planet? (May 2009)
Death Star Part II: How to Power The Thing (May 2009)
Death Star Part III: Easier Ways to Destroy A Planet (Jun 2009)
Death Star Part IV: How to Move a Celestial Body (Jun 2009)
Why Heaven is Hotter than Hell (Jun 2009)
The Airplane On a Treadmill Problem (May 2009)
What is the Sound of One Hand Clapping? (Apr 2009)
How to Get a Time Machine and $700K (Aug 2011)

Creating Artificial Intelligence

Why Is No One Making a Chatbot? (Apr 2011)
A Complete List of Syllogisms (Apr 2011)
The 2011 Chatterbox Challenge (Apr 2011)

Assorted Computer Programming

A PHP Script to Turn Written Numbers into Normal Numbers (Feb 2011)
A Smart 404 Page in PHP (Apr 2009)

Analyzing Wikipedia

Random Featured Article for Wikipedia (and the Making Thereof) (May 2009)
Ten Things I Learned From Wikipedia Random Article (Apr 2009)
Predicting The Three Millionth Article (May 2009)
The Millionth Wikipedia Article Followup (Now With Theory!) (Aug 2009)
Wikipedia, Two Years Later (May 2011)

Assorted Cryptography

Steganography in Social Media (Aug 2011)

Disappointment and Compromise: A Webcomic

Disappoinment and Compromise: A Webcomic (Jul 2011)
More Disappointment and Compromise (Jul 2011)

Ask Peter

Ask Peter 22: NaNoWriMo Edition (Nov 2011)
Ask Peter 21: Return of the Question Man (Aug 2011)
Ask Peter 20: The Inanity Continues (Jun 2011)
Ask Peter 19: It’s Back and Reloaded (Dec 2010)
Ask Peter 18: A Return from Hiatus (Mar 2010)
Ask Peter 17: A Return to Normalcy (Jan 2010)
Ask Peter 16: Katie Edition, Part II (Jan 2010)
Ask Peter 15: Katie Edition, Part I (Jan 2010)
Starting the Year with Ask Peter (Jan 2010)
Ask Peter 13 (Dec 2009)
Ask Peter 12 (Nov 2009)
Ask Peter 11 (Nov 2009)
Ask Peter 10 (Oct 2009)
Ask Peter Edition Nine! (Sep 2009)
Ask Peter Clearout: Five Fast Questions (Sep 2009)
Three Questions for the Week (Aug 2009)
The Ask Peter Mailbag Clearout (Aug 2009)
Two Things: OMG Zebra, and Ask Peter (Jul 2009)
Three Questions (Jun 2009)
Cop Out Question (Jun 2009)
Some Saturday Stuff: Ask Peter and New Series (May 2009)
Ask Peter: Beware the H1Z1 (May 2009)

Assorted Me

What is Peter Reading? (Aug 2011)
I’m a Graduate (Jun 2010)
Two Videos I (and Friends) Have Made (Apr 2010)
This is Why I’m Not Blogging Today (Mar 2010)
OS X: A Space Odyssey (Oct 2009)
Problem with Forced Lyrics (Apr 2009)
My Top 10 Most Played Songs (May 2009)
My Top 10 Most Played Songs, Four Months Later (Sep 2009)
My Top 10 Most Played Songs, Two Years Later (May 2011)

Retrospectives

Blog Plans for Next Year (Dec 2011)
Web of Beliefs and My Philosophy (Dec 2011)
Feedback for Me? (Dec 2011)
The NaNoWriMo Reflection (Dec 2011)
2011 in Review (Dec 2011)
2010 in Review (Dec 2010)
2009 in Review (Dec 2009)

The RandomCast

The RandomCast 2: SFIV Edition (Jul 2009)
Five Minute Microcast: T2cast (Jun 2009)

Will and Kevin’s Rap Review Challenge

Empire State of Mind (Dec 2009)
N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton (Oct 2009)
A Milli by Lil’ Wayne (Oct 2009)
Forever by Drake (ft. Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne, Eminem) (Sep 2009)

Where This Site Has Been

I’ve Been Featured on Reddit (July 2011)

The Google Images Adventure

A Hopeful Search For Internet (Mar 2009)
Sometimes I Don’t Understand Google Image Search (Mar 2009)
This Site, Google Images, Daleks and Skis, Revisited (Apr 2009)
Daleks on Skis Re-Revisited (Jun 2009)
Daleks on Skis, Re-Re-Revisited (Jun 2009)
How to Use a Truck to Game, Or Trick, Google Images (Jul 2009)
Some Explaining and Some Google Image Zebra News (Jul 2009)
Google Images Strikes Again: The Velociraptor Edition (Jul 2011)

Things on the Internet

Moving Forward to NaNoWriMo by Emily Williams (Nov 2011)
Is Mew a Ditto (Feb 2011)
Random Album Covers (Jan 2011)
Finding Today’s Stardate (in the Next Generation) (Feb 2010)
How to Do A Cool Mathmagic Trick With A Deck of Cards (Jun 2009)
Why The Internet is God (or Another Deity of Your Choice) (May 2009)
Comment Spam: It’s Like They’re Not Trying Anymore (May 2009)
Velociraptor Awareness Day (Apr 2009)

Wolfram|Alpha

Wolfram|Alpha Is Really Neat (May 2009)
Wolfram|Alpha is Listening (Jun 2009)

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