I like Wikipedia. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Wikipedia, the concept is simple. It's based on the idea that nobody can be an expert on everything, but many people can be experts on individual topics. Thus, instead of creating an encyclopedia run by a limited panel of experts, Wikipedia invites everyone to share their expertise. The result has been astoundingly successful. The largest software company in the world, Microsoft, was cowed by Wikipedia. At the end of this month they will close all of their Encarta on-line encyclopedia websites. Wikipedia is a colossus that resulted in the failure of Encarta. In a recent blog post I wrote that Wikipedia was "maligned." This

That's an incredibly bizarre question, isn't it? That would be like suing someone for praying. After all, prayer and magick have certain similarities. With prayer—specifically "intercessory prayer" (asking for help from a deity)—you say some words and hope that a deity will respond by granting you something. With magick, you perform some tasks that should result in a desired end. One of the best-known types of magick is one that sends a magickal attack back on the attacker. This is known as a "mirror spell," and I already posted how I disagree with the concept in my previous blog post, "No Mirror Spells, Please!" But let's say that you disagree and decide to do it anyway. Or

The Scientific Method is the means by which science advances. It has five major attributes: Proposal of a hypothesis Experimentation to prove or disprove the hypothesis Rigorous recording of the results of the experiments Repeatability of the experiment with the same results under the same conditions A resulting theory or law. One of the "dirty little secrets" that modern scientists don't like to acknowledge is that the scientific method was originally developed by practitioners of magick! Specifically, it began with the medieval alchemists. Their following of this 5-step procedure eventually resulted in the development of modern chemistry. Many people think that science is

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