Recent content by kowalskil

I want to share my article about dangerous feuds between theists-atheists. It appeared in the April 2012 Issue of American Atheist Magazine. The link is: Link removed - No links to non-Christian web-sites, I deleted your post last time. If you have questions about this, you may PM me...

A Digital Voice Recorder Digital voice recorders are much better than old tape recorders. About a week ago I finally bought one, for $50. It was Sony ICD PX-312. Frustrated by learning from the little booklet (which came with the device) I decided to write my own very short introduction. It has...

The unresolved scientific controversy Some of you are probably not too young to remember what happened nearly 23 years ago, on March 23, 1989. It was a dramatic announcement of the discovery of the so called Cold Fusion. Some people think that this was the greatest fiasco of the last century...

Updating my mini-tutorial for Kindle users My free online mini-tutorial for Kindle users--“Kindle 3 How To: Notes to shareâ€--has been updated. The added Note 11, for a potential writer of a Kindle book, describes how to create an active table of contents. Writing it was a real pedagogical...

Scientific methodology of validation of claims Some of you might be interested in an article (about a new invention) I have posted. The link is...

Those interested in automatic translators will probably find this article useful: How Google Translate works - Features, Gadgets & Tech - The Independent It is about how Google Translate works, and why it usually outperforms other automatic translators. To verify this claim, I translated a...

The 70th anniversary of the German attack on the Soviet Union was on June 21. On that occasion I visited many Russian websites. What a surprise to find that both communists and anticommunists glorify Stalin in today's Russia. Communists remember him as a great Marxist ideologist, as Lenin's...

Facts-Based Fiction: Polish Jews in Siberia Some of you might be interested in this: siberia_lucile2 The piece of facts-based fiction was written as my second assignment, at the memoir writing workshop for senior citizens. The first assignment was to write a true memoir; it is also freely...

A great discovery or another disappointment? Electricity 10 times less expensive than from coal? And without any pollution? These are incredible claims. But we would all be happy to see them confirmed by independent investigations. October 2011 is not very far away. An Italian inventor...

That is right; we live in two worlds, material (investigated by scientists) and spiritual (investigated by theologians). Ludwik

I also think that debate can be very useful. What is not useful are "futile debates." Futile debates are situations in which methodology of refutation is not used properly. Scientists should not refute theologian's claims about spiritual world (such as God'd existence) by using scientific...

Theists and Atheists (P.S.) I still do not know what can be done to eliminate endless futile conflicts between theists and atheists. But comments collected at several websites prompted me to compose a short on-line paper at: theo_sci It can probably be used to initiate an interesting...

I agree with you; it will be a difficult task. But we should be promoting understanding. Ludwik . .

Browsing the Internet I found a website with a one-year-old thread entitled “Ethical Stalinism.†The person who started the thread wrote: Marx predicted a future revolution in which the working class would own the means of production. Lenin realized it would take too long and advocated a...

Yes, the task is difficult and changes will be slow. What we can do is to make small intellectual contributions. .