A common theme in living life is the slow, dawning realization that there are 6.6 billion other people out there, and that we are almost exactly alike. It’s hard to look at humanity and see yourself as something better than an ant, never mind being the best at something. And yet, everybody thinks they’re special. [...]
In the two days since my post on the topic of Siegel’s prejudiced essay, more (plenty more) has been said. So, i’m going to try and keep this brief and just touch on one thing that i feel hasn’t been said; which is excruciatingly difficult, every single sentence that tries to contain a fact is wrong! [...]
Lee Siegel from the LA Times doesn’t understand what the “latest rash” of atheists are doing. Despite that, he has written a piece in the LA Times in which he questions our techniques, language, and most importantly goals. I’m not just saying that he doesn’t understand us to be trite, or to cast facile aspersions [...]
This is an analysis of modern entertainment culture in terms of Plato’s allegory of the cave, and it owes a lot to a conversation i had with lily. As such, it will probably make more sense if you have read the allegory. (you’ll have to scroll down about 5 paragraphs to get to it. If [...]
this might be kind of rambly, on account of the vicodin i took 6(?) hours ago. Freakin’ disease. But i’ll try and keep it concise and reasonably lucid. If it’s not, and you find it interesting, you should let me know and i’ll re-write it with actual structure and a clear point. Also I [...]
a note to readers: the following is an argument in favor of objective reality that I wrote for my friend Kim, who took an opposite position. If you agree or disagree with me please feel free to criticize any particular point, I doubt anybody cares enought to take the necessary several hours to respond to [...]
