Let’s say you like a STEAK — and she likes a SALAD You probably won’t have the same thing for dinner Now this is fine You just say: you get yourself your salad, and I’ll have my steak But let’s say you’re also very opinionated about superiority of steaks, over some shrubs You …
Category: Philosophy
What Is The Darkness?
Is darkness wonderful? Is darkness terrible? What’s so enthralling about the darkness? What’s perhaps terrifying about the darkness? Is darkness symbol of evil? Of disorientation? Is darkness symbol of fear? Is darkness symbol of mystery? And excitation? I think darkness must be the proxy for UNKNOWN This is why it’s thrilling And this …
Naked Before Unknown
Existence is infinite and mysterious You are small and finite You are merely that which you know What you call you — is merely the common denominator in all the stories you collected over your lifetime And those stories are countable, And so are you While the rest is infinite Immeasurable Comparing …
Progress Happened — Now What?
So progress happened. NOW what? Do we modify it? Prevent it? Accelerate it? Regulate it? Deregulate it? Encourage it? Tax it? Ban it? “Progressive” may say: “This is wild, unregulated — ergo it benefits ONLY the rich. Also it obviously destroys the planet. We should tax it, +condemn it.” Ok REAL progressive …
Political Labels Lost Meaning
If we define conservatism as: “ideology that seeks to preserve the traditional”, then CENTRISM may end up “conservative”, in relation to the left, of course, but ALSO in relation to far right My intention is not to a new definition of conservatism, Nor is it to promote any particular political view, be it centrism …
Selfishness Compass
One could conceive of selfishness compass It would comprise of two axes Horizontal could measure the degree of self-absorption, self-interest Vertical could measure the degree of IGNORANCE At an extreme left there would be utter self-absorption, utter self-obsession, with utmost disregard for the interest of others, An utterly solipsistic perspective No inhibition in disregarding …
World Really Is Built For Men (And By Men)
Both sexes are identically crucial to the world because both are identically crucial to the continuation of HUMANITY (reproduction) (when we say “the world” — we mean WORLD as it pertains to sustaining humans otherwise, the world beyond humans will be quite fine, with us or without us, obviously) However men, (on average, obviously. …
Are we the most IGNORANT ever now?
It’s human condition to be overconfident Also, we know the most ever The total of knowledge is greatest ever Not to mention our access to this knowledge is orders upon orders of magnitude greater Also, average person knows most ever We can read, we can (know how to) use cars and internet, we …
We Intuitively Judge Others By Different Standards
We think we treats others equally We think we judge others by the same standards We don’t And on more than one level First there’s discrimination We don’t even acknowledge that we discriminate That’s because we don’t even know any more what it means Discriminate is to recognise a distinction The distinction just …
We’re Not Progressive Enough?
The conservative argument is that what already works — should be protected and cherished It’s a profoundly wise argument “There’s nothing new under the sun” “Only that which has proven itself historically, rather than theoretically — can be trusted” “Infinitely many theories sound good — but it’s those which work in real world which we …