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This is a rerun of Community Meta-Guidelines with one word replaced — which do you prefer? Which word should I run with, or should I simply use both at once? Meta: In epistemology, the prefix meta- is used to mean about (its own category). For example, metadata are data about data (who has produced them, [...]

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Words are interesting in their nuance and their power. Languages are interesting with regards to how they differ in what they can express. I remember seeing my favourite pastor back home using the English word “community” in an Afrikaans sermon/talk/whatever-it-was, because the Afrikaans words available simply don’t catch the idea that well. (Suggestions welcome! What [...]

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Joss Whedon (the guy behind Dr Horrible and Firefly, and recently Dollhouse) on Humanists as “True Believers”: This clip is relevant to the recent discussion as he talks about “faith” and points out that it isn’t the enemy. In fact, “faith” is important, faith is something we have to embrace he says in a wonderful [...]

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