<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 00:59:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@alex-draw/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Humanities Evolution With Eugenics.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unfortunately tainted with the views of Nazi's and other racists, eugenics is a somewhat taboo subject to aprove of. However I think it is a valuable concept that we as humanity should be following. We]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@alex-draw/humanities-evolution-with-eugenics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@alex-draw/humanities-evolution-with-eugenics</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2017 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/KWcVEhPeHbuexzZT8ZgmT7dqv3fXcPN8SpWizvZ4AJf23d1i9mXZSg2P4eeF8nNqjCdNjxq6SCBaRkCrJ2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pooling Money Together To Run Steemit Ads On Reddit]]></title><description><![CDATA[All SBD generated from this post will go to the cause, and if anyone who has the communities trust wants to take over then I will send it to them along with my meager donation of ~6 steem (waiting on]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@alex-draw/pooling-money-together-to-run-steemit-ads-on-reddit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@alex-draw/pooling-money-together-to-run-steemit-ads-on-reddit</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2017 19:05:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kyJM9JABQLRPjsM1uPXZuvARzQeXR3gBfvbngzeiXd5k7dtSQG9ZwyWcvXbQ886oKmBehKC5PsSjqHq8UYPLLwUwPHt7JLrjYVrHzkcXZw63MW8FPVK5mQWMsyz86XA7nxm92LX?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Do You Want Done With Your Dead Body?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dark thought right? Well it's something that we should all think about, so why not now? Many of you may not care what happens - you'll be dead - so what ever, but I couldn't rest easy at night knowing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/death/@alex-draw/what-do-you-want-done-with-your-dead-body</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/death/@alex-draw/what-do-you-want-done-with-your-dead-body</guid><category><![CDATA[death]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Sep 2017 07:08:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMdvSSM3YPY82SEa7SJvsvpWtBM6Y7qtxHYyES9JcKFDWW2kHkCeGLuZ5xeeNuTdF2FP5qq34gb43z7B2g8gEG6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Will Not Find Happiness If You Search For It: The Hedonism Paradox]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Hedonism paradox suggests that one attempting to obtain happiness through pleasure will never meet their goal. It does not suggest that the road to happiness isn't with pleasure, merely that one searching]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/you-can-not-simply-find-happiness-the-hedonism-paradox</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/you-can-not-simply-find-happiness-the-hedonism-paradox</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2017 02:43:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9RyT8nAnwcDAVeTshKFPH74tzbi73pH5oyhCymozG1bkNRorbvE28Xg3fFc2Hdyy1eA5DmVAecnnZkv99P5tnYij5xZhwjMifxMZVDmbHnSr846dVuXmz8fZVT5ZkxGKYr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Couple Ideas I Had For Steemit]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Image credit: @profitgenerator ) Hello everyone, month old user here and loving the community. Just wanted to propose some ideas I thought would improve the system. The first is regarding the 7 day limit,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@alex-draw/a-couple-ideas-i-had-for-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@alex-draw/a-couple-ideas-i-had-for-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 03:34:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kyJM9JABQLRPjsM1uPXZuvARzQeXR3gBfvbngzeiXd5k7dtSQG9ZwyWcvXbQ886oKmBehKC5PsSjqHq8UYPLUyeYujep1RtFshNoJQAcdSi4FZWPQKPScnDHb6oVKuXL44e5VrP?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The First Great Steem War - Diplomacy Contest Registration - 5 SBD Prize So Far]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome ladies and gentleman to the first great steem war. A brutal battle of wit and diplomacy that will turn friends into foes. Should you take a stand and fight, the prize pool could be yours, but do]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/greatsteemwar/@alex-draw/the-first-great-steem-war-diplomacy-contest-registration-5-sbd-prize-so-far</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/greatsteemwar/@alex-draw/the-first-great-steem-war-diplomacy-contest-registration-5-sbd-prize-so-far</guid><category><![CDATA[greatsteemwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2017 20:11:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961PzoWkezQktT9h8r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is a Doctors Life Worth More Then Others?]]></title><description><![CDATA[My reply to a post about super organisms by @thing made me think back to a quiz I once took. Using variations of the trolley problem they attempted to figure out what people think a self driving car should]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/is-a-doctors-life-worth-more-then-others</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/is-a-doctors-life-worth-more-then-others</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 17:55:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn9Ay8wy3WGpeiEhk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The First Great Steemian War - Diplomacy Contest Registration - 3SBD Prize So Far]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grab your friends, issue the orders A war is on its way Man the tanks, defend the borders These armies will not sway Devide their ranks, spread disorder We're sure to make them pay Take their land, for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/greatsteemianwar/@alex-draw/the-first-great-steemian-war-diplomacy-contest-registration-3sbd-prize-so-far</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/greatsteemianwar/@alex-draw/the-first-great-steemian-war-diplomacy-contest-registration-3sbd-prize-so-far</guid><category><![CDATA[greatsteemianwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:05:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961PzoWkezQktT9h8r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Young Philosopher, and his Troubling Thoughts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello everyone, this is my entry into the conflictprompt contest hosted by the Fictioneers. I am not much of a writer but I liked the topic and wanted to give it a shot. Here is my story about a philosopher]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/a-young-philosopher-and-his-troubling-thoughts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/a-young-philosopher-and-his-troubling-thoughts</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 19:49:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXB6DfixgRs18hVdqwooFTPVzUC54j2BtdmZYXcuf3XPiQhv4gMPSLtt9AZWvbuDkzNhrMo3sx4sSMo1gJ4EoggtUYRhqQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Moral Quandary About Eating Meat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello everyone! Today I would like to present a thought experiment. Inspired by Douglas Adams The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, this may show where your morals lay. I will recreate it for the benfit]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/a-moral-quandary-about-eating-meat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/a-moral-quandary-about-eating-meat</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 19:55:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKaf9jt6ciNes6j7ShPs5t1TGK16ccN6tJKaxHeD7Uj3akx6LxqKpQBHFkZFQ5coajyQ9kthvSJFc6re4y3ZLidPZwux88Gh5X41T8hvQAm7E8pUbSNJQ6RBK2mNpY6cSiYZ95X9YNjTx3EW2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defining The Mind #5: Teleportation, and Transhumanism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello steemians and welcome to part 5 of defining the mind! The series with a thousand questions and probably zero answers. Today we are going to discuss what makes you... you, and not simply the most]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/defining-the-mind-5-teleportation-and-transhumanism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/defining-the-mind-5-teleportation-and-transhumanism</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2017 17:59:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrVF5Lc3tAESkVgyKD3PjMLZRDbkFQDyCjU1YakijFMtefjrH5bz53Ex4XWTB6NsNte4fJgjX7Qtmq8CqzgK82Qc7nN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defining The Mind #4: Where Is Consciousness Located?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello Steeemians and welcome to part 4 of defining the mind! The series that will leave you with more questions then answers. Defining the mind may be an impossible task, but that should be no barrier]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/defining-the-mind-4-where-is-consciousness-located</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/defining-the-mind-4-where-is-consciousness-located</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 21:22:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/hgjbks2vRxvdTZqre6jZfcKP3VhEc392SE594nmChkdFU3KUcLEcLvhSnZ5orizpQVVFAyrBoiirPQkHqJ8DFX6ozW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Torture Always Wrong? The Ticking Time Bomb Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello steemians, today I would like to take a break from defining the mind and instead wish to present a moral delimma. Known as the ticking time bomb scenario, it asks if torture is always wrong. Assume]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/is-torture-always-wrong-the-ticking-time-bomb-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/is-torture-always-wrong-the-ticking-time-bomb-problem</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 00:00:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDDAkyqgqyc52akN9rUxQfC5ruGgFCQMvjrGK1xA8ELv6TtrGg7hiQ7pcjdP7BJsy98wHVDahpt8uN8htmm6F9JE2r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defining The Mind #3: Mary The Color Blind Scientist.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello steemians and, welcome to the series that asks a million questions and provably won't answer one. Defining the mind may be a bottomless rabbit hole, but it sure is an interesting one. Today I present]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/defining-the-mind-3-mary-the-color-blind-scientist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/defining-the-mind-3-mary-the-color-blind-scientist</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2017 22:53:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3pM3JAmgGWDUHE8P7iUSD5jtEFjJFnkvWLXaD7RXnQgvvrfSMpENETJPztk8LzpGj9PcA5bqRZgQ5VKoAUrQ9xHwTd9uW7gZpoaGxYjTDqXnCDFfrz8n4vqbqyg48w4x6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defining The Mind #2: Is Consciousness Divisible?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello steemians and welcome to part two of the series that will only leave you questioning. Defining the mind might be an impossible task, but it's I think it is one worth pursuing. So. Is consciousness]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/defining-the-mind-2-is-consciousness-divisible</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/defining-the-mind-2-is-consciousness-divisible</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2017 21:02:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9RyT8mTHcomXWjphUEber67UXXDkwPjkTjCzcoYjhjpA5bt1hwuivRxCM25t72a5TVrvbrU5nxtf3bm8TwGwSK5MQ34YHezZpS4sM76o2Dgi2KjwAqvMVzwgykJTVKqsFL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defining The Mind #1: It's Not The Chinese Room, This Is The China Brain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello steemians, I am going to present a series of posts that will talk about philosophy of the mind. Defining the mind is something that is still under constant debate, so  I hope I can share the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/defining-the-mind-1-it-s-not-the-chinese-room-this-is-the-china-brain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/defining-the-mind-1-it-s-not-the-chinese-room-this-is-the-china-brain</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2017 17:34:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwsMBNoUt2Wpn2YnRfzEBZURiFhG3vt98L4Cc5wKNujUQgccUqSspP3MfsNpTsncqRyi6F6189ZujfdJ3oqip5y3XNgEhZUWha1Fqhz39rynk6fyKdRcpZ1xa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Race Between Achillies and The Tortoise]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most of you are familiar with the tortoise and the hare. But have you heard this one? Having heard of the tortoises victory over the hare, Achillies the fastest runner, decided to put him back into his]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/the-race-between-achillies-and-the-tortoise</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/the-race-between-achillies-and-the-tortoise</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2017 19:55:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD6Wv6HJmfzCkv6xgtg8BHhGLzy2buYjqnbVaHgVGBcJas2XPN6kWGjRJLts2X9maaB1xfgTDdy4YapEEV82Si7oLRQ3VJLwFF1qfD69CuEwEF1ghUbx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Runaway Trolley and a Homicidal Doctor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I would like to share a thought experiment, and one of its more morally stumping revisions. Imagine there is a runaway trolley, with no chance of stopping, and tied to the track are five people about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/the-runaway-trolley-and-a-homicidal-doctor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@alex-draw/the-runaway-trolley-and-a-homicidal-doctor</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Aug 2017 19:11:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVuPVTrmzrCvoEKibia23bSfNrbCWy3WTy2u2awLcYTYJvWanAz8sJMF4vSuc1ZopNgESGw5AD91ZdMdGAqWLHUZ8yp33GcpumjJUvL7adQGjKgjY5dwZ3n2Xj1S1L33MTe8E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Introduction From a Space Case and the Aussie Posse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello steemians! This is actually my third post here, but I wanted to do an introduction as well. As the title says, I am a space case, and proud of it. I enjoy spending my time studying philosophy and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@alex-draw/an-introduction-from-a-space-case-and-the-aussie-posse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@alex-draw/an-introduction-from-a-space-case-and-the-aussie-posse</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2017 22:13:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/DVAkPJXe6RxZgCut5PnB3oyTFgTcLUKdBaw52ptX7brSfs51jGzuAq5TzGDHHEEbsVErvCjV5fpQzA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Uncaused Cause, or What Toppled the First Domino]]></title><description><![CDATA[The laws of physics teach us that every action has a reaction. However, they never state that every action is a reaction. If we had the ability to trace every effect to it's cause would we stumble onto]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@alex-draw/the-uncaused-cause-or-what-toppled-the-first-domino</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@alex-draw/the-uncaused-cause-or-what-toppled-the-first-domino</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex-draw]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2017 16:05:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGH2EK3bkDvmYVN6tMAn4JhZMcbFzpJifHJwropMbDFEwvJUphYNYCPshnGFmm83hTnzqWDUFzuc8SGZC4pzqN79K3hA4fRgx1QdrvxLDgt3QQfx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>