<?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>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:33:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@endlessknot/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[3 Tips on Search Engine Optimization in 2018]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ranking highly on Google is HARD, but for anyone who has content they want to get out there, you know it's incredibly valuable. A great place to start building your web-presence is through Google's SEO]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/seo/@endlessknot/3-tips-on-search-engine-optimization-in-2018</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/seo/@endlessknot/3-tips-on-search-engine-optimization-in-2018</guid><category><![CDATA[seo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[endlessknot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2018 21:46:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPPjmxrGkdpAkBYN2ggAY7MDhoVRekWcjde4pioH5uFDLQ3bCb5DLRfscXGS1xbBSYkZKLkSroY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Syrian Strikes are a Perversion of Justice]]></title><description><![CDATA[The recent US attack on Syria for the alleged use of chemical weapons is a perversion of justice. Although no evidence has been produced to show that Assad used chemical weapons on his own people - despite]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@endlessknot/the-syrian-strikes-are-a-perversion-of-justice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@endlessknot/the-syrian-strikes-are-a-perversion-of-justice</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[endlessknot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2018 12:26:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYWyimp5sScUzrUXeBgTSxZF2fZK3h4PNHHm4KehmRNwZGqqLXkZcnf5dpSnk6FamXMWUXg8Nuc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[MIT Tech Review and Bitcoin...Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[In general I appreciate the MIT Technology Review and their articles, but when it comes to Bitcoin, they just seem to miss the mark! They're back again writing on the topic, this time to make Bitcoin]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@endlessknot/mit-tech-review-and-bitcoin-again</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@endlessknot/mit-tech-review-and-bitcoin-again</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[endlessknot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2018 18:56:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYMSg6dXLUmcKTBg91KN78KwGWcKnjmbsyEHDMvPUHaZ2PEdBDbD6C7F12Wnwr4WZNyYnVL6ofU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research Search]]></title><description><![CDATA[How do you do research? Depth first or breadth first? If you've done any academic research, or even just wanted to look deeply into a topic on the web, you grab an article that you want to read and it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/research/@endlessknot/research-search</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/research/@endlessknot/research-search</guid><category><![CDATA[research]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[endlessknot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 16:24:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa4YNzSuUUJiKpMDP8aaqFopvrTxVVi31LZDBqRL34Mm4BKyx41UfEE18GKZFEiGUXV8MDVyJC6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[McIntyre and the Parkland Shooting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another school shooting ripped through the news cycle this week bringing the long simmering tensions over gun control in the United States to another boil. The sides are neatly divided between the left]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/moral/@endlessknot/mcintyre-and-the-parkland-shooting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/moral/@endlessknot/mcintyre-and-the-parkland-shooting</guid><category><![CDATA[moral]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[endlessknot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 17:20:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa8pQeehkE88VmEBgD8s6CWk4vv145PJ6XGsqxjxS1Fx61t8AVANX9Z4TGXVCKTafwBD7J5zpLv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Convergence and the Soul: Relating Science and Religion]]></title><description><![CDATA[1 Conflict or Convergence Faith and reason. Science and religion. Many people would argue that these terms are incompatible with one another, oxymorons, or that one must endure sever cognitive dissonance]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/theology/@endlessknot/convergence-and-the-soul-relating-science-and-religion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/theology/@endlessknot/convergence-and-the-soul-relating-science-and-religion</guid><category><![CDATA[theology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[endlessknot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 03:05:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYMQgAE9TxLsnUcYpMnwsokvbD46GfjpmKT5WfeR1yR3A6eAfZi8JUM9YAh3NnyCYooyvZtTSnr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus Taught the State is Satanic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Standing from a high peak, Satan showed Jesus all the kingdoms of the world to make a grand bargain: in exchange for his worship, all the kingdoms will be given to Jesus (Luke 4:5-8; c.f. Matthew 4:8-10).]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/theology/@endlessknot/jesus-taught-the-state-is-satanic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/theology/@endlessknot/jesus-taught-the-state-is-satanic</guid><category><![CDATA[theology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[endlessknot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 23:49:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZjDTAvwkzDovR2zsVZLGVMsSopiUFUdDBJbUcGAVcMm2jcEHQgkdy5C138N1Gt6QPLDW4uQHKU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Apostolic Fathers and the Resurrection]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Apostolic Fathers are the church leaders who sit in a direct line as followers of the Apostles themselves at the end of the first century and early second century. These include authors such as Ignatius,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/theology/@endlessknot/the-apostolic-fathers-and-the-resurrection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/theology/@endlessknot/the-apostolic-fathers-and-the-resurrection</guid><category><![CDATA[theology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[endlessknot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 10:51:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZuSi2hGbiXwJam6jiNmexA2bQA5i2shzJkoLMyEjWJZSFYwZ1MWKvxRk5kbznuVeq6SwipxJDc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyrdom and the Apostles]]></title><description><![CDATA[It has often been contended that Jesus' disciples stole the body of Christ from the tomb and then proclaimed him resurrected. 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This view renders such arguments as those from the empty tomb irrelevant according to Pauline thought;]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/theology/@endlessknot/paul-and-a-spiritual-resurrection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/theology/@endlessknot/paul-and-a-spiritual-resurrection</guid><category><![CDATA[theology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[endlessknot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:04:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ63HQxr63DecXfWzsXVC7odZe8Y2bQQ873QSpuQm1iFU4B8d6BCUppVYGgVEu7x6YYeD1UKziS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arguing About Ethics: Part 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the last post we looked at the basics of Hans-Herman Hoppe's argumentation ethics (AE) and outlined the argument. Here, we'll look at some of the criticisms of the argument. Robert P. Murphy and Gene]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hoppe/@endlessknot/xbf5x-arguing-about-ethics-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hoppe/@endlessknot/xbf5x-arguing-about-ethics-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[hoppe]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[endlessknot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2017 16:01:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYMeM327BBP5NsQyETA1yGJD79FjMLAnG6m3DoKDpEeiyzYWZKKdLPMNMA6GoyypQ5uX1qeTwLa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arguing About Ethics: Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[David Hume famously argued that we cannot derive a moral ought from factual statements about what is.1 This distinction has dominated philosophical discourse regarding ethics ever since and proceeded to,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hoppe/@endlessknot/arguing-about-ethics-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hoppe/@endlessknot/arguing-about-ethics-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[hoppe]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[endlessknot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:49:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZymyfUr4eJZdE2BEcLtALS9CXkMjtuPASEXZqtzkNU65qYTAgBDjEwC4xmVGhUbAg76x4VS1Rp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top 8 AI and Data Science Podcasts]]></title><description><![CDATA[For those of you interested in data science and artificial intelligence, and if you like podcasts. I came across a well-written list (by that I mean more than just a sequence of "this is what I like"]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/artificial/@endlessknot/top-8-ai-and-data-science-podcasts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/artificial/@endlessknot/top-8-ai-and-data-science-podcasts</guid><category><![CDATA[artificial]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[endlessknot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2017 22:42:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZARe6xyoQwQHmGKv4iYvfHbZr17wVWUjxbL4qnHor9Fs8ds5btWWxAoZGf71vtEhP5yJaViuze?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Approach to Satoshi]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently came across an article that attempts to use machine learning to identify Satoshi Nakamoto. 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My childhood contained talk radio]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@endlessknot/political-evolution-rejecting-the-republicans</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@endlessknot/political-evolution-rejecting-the-republicans</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[endlessknot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2017 05:23:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVZ5NRzV2o8MyJEzowAL6rjbt8w3dTH4XoXFVoLxAQ2cJNBXiw9qhJK85tVHnZfao22NMDjA5YfwAtrPgQD9wuNxHrj7Rk3YX4GrcQbHUGuPh7TAbkS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nuclear Terrorism without a State]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Nuclear Threat In a recent episode (number 939 to be precise) of the Tom Woods Show, Tom Woods and Bob Murphy debated what, in an anarchist society, would prevent someone or some group - most notably]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/defense/@endlessknot/nuclear-terrorism-without-a-state</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/defense/@endlessknot/nuclear-terrorism-without-a-state</guid><category><![CDATA[defense]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[endlessknot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 09:27:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYmfTh5st9PXH2uyecGULo3Dmb1xQewCYdRAuWQAonzmTVmjgtKxch8j7c7UJkMkE2ZrdPDbeyt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern Slavery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's have a thought experiment for a moment and imagine yourself in the shoes of the slave. 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