Philosophy

A Memorial Day For Afghanistan

Monday, May 31st, 2010

I just got done reading an article by John Walsh, a scientist, which is entitled ‘The Prettification Of War: A Big Dose Of Servile Journalism for Memorial Day‘.  I couldn’t agree with him more.  Here are some excerpts:
“Sunday’s NYT, gearing up for Memorial Day, carries a leading front-page story direct from the Afghan front, complete [...]

Nothing Is Random

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

I’m amazed at how nothing in this world is random.  I was listening to a professor of geophysics compare the rocks in a creek bed to a Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  If you have an astute mind keen enough to know what you’re looking at, each rock tells a story as [...]

The Search For Truth

Friday, May 14th, 2010

This entry is for Tim, though you all can read it as well. 
The other day I promised to make some comments related to truth, after reading a discussion you had on a forum.  Instead of discussing that nature of truth however, I want to talk about the search for truth.
If you set out [...]

You Can Never Ignore The Voice Of The People

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

Today I was reading Ludwig Von Mises’ book ‘Human Action’ and he began talking about human society and governments.  The discussion moved toward the philosophy of democracy.  After reading what he said I had a quick image of Bill Maher pop in my head, when he made a guest appearance on Late Night with Conan [...]

Lies And Deception Led To Human Intelligence

Friday, May 7th, 2010

I never would’ve guessed this, but to a large extent our intelligence evolved as a means to deceive others within our social groups.  When studying anthropology today I came across this:
The prevailing view among scientists today is that the brain size increase that occurred in great apes and was extended into hominids resulted from the [...]