Let Hans Rosling’s data set change your mind set

Very interesting 20-minute lecture here, presented to U. S. State Dept. Rosling has a very interesting set of moving graphs indicating how the world is changing, with respect to income and mortality. The old “developed vs. developing” dichotomy seems to have disappeared.

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PHILOSOPHY BOWLING RESULTS

• Is the world eternal? YES
• Do humans have contra-causal free will (i.e., can humans do otherwise)? NO
• Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? YES
• Do humans have souls? YES
• Are there natural rights? YES
• Is it morally permissible to eat meat? NO
• Is the unexamined life worth living? NO
• Is truth subjectivity? YES
• Is virtue necessary for happiness? YES
• Can a computer have a mind? YES
• Can humans know reality as it is in itself? YES
• Is hell other people? YES

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