The Creator of the Universe It is impossible for me to believe that the Creator of all of the Universe is even remotely bothered by what we eat, how we dress, how we dance, or who we love. It is […]
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Stop Dehumanizing People With Your Writing
It angers me. I read a lot as a writer and professor and I see it all the time. People dehumanizing people with their words. “People that…” “A woman that …. “Voters that…” .. and so on ad infinitum. I […]
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Time is infinite
Time is Infinite Time is infinite and yet the most precious commodity.
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Descartes’ Circular Reasoning?
Ever since Descartes published his book Meditations he has been accused of committing a fallacy of circular reasoning with his argument that God is the guarantor of the truth of our belief in an external world. Descartes’ argument has ever […]
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The Internet Generation
The Internet Generation “The last generation didn’t have the Internet, the most powerful tool ever created by humanity, so they know it’s value. We used to have to go the library and research for hours to get an answer to […]
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“If it happened once, it can happen again.”
“If it happened once, it can happen again.” – Primo Levi Not all wisdom is feel-good candy. Harsh truths can be the most important truths. The quote in the graphic above expresses one of the most important facts of our […]
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Understand that Nazis were not Monsters
Philosopher Stanley Cavell is correct: we must understand that Nazis were not monsters. Ridiculous you say? Yes and no. We must first understand what evil is. Hear me out. “To understand Nazism, whatever that will mean, will be to understand […]
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What Owen Jones Almost Gets Right, I Mean Left
Owen Jones is a brilliant columnist for The Guardian. His writing is always worth a read. His most recent piece, “To move on, Labour must learn lessons from the left’s failure worldwide,” is up to his usual standards but curiously […]
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Terence McKenna on Ideology
Terence McKenna on Ideology “I think ideology is toxic, all ideology. It’s not that there are good ones and bad ones. All ideology is toxic, because ideology is a kind of insult to the gift of human free thinking.” – […]
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The Arbitrariness of Units of Time
The Arbitrariness of Units of Time In the Gregorian calendar, 1 January marks the new year. It is not the new year in the dozens of other calendars that exist. This is not insignificant. Although the “new year” is celebrated […]
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