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* What makes any problem a problem? You need two beliefs (or commitments, impulses) in apparent contradiction.
But given that people believe all sorts of things, it's very possible that what troubles you won't trouble me, and vice versa. I might...
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When asked to describe what makes us human, what is, specifically, the essence of a human, humans typically fail. Some say, it is the body.
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This is the final post in a chain. Please see related posts for the rest of this series.
I must once again stress this one most important point - I am using the TV series 'Evangelion : Neon Genises" to help me explain the difference between...
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Most people have a hodgepodge of opinions about what's good and bad, and what should and shouldn't be done. They derive their moral beliefs not from one source but from many -- their beliefs are shaped by the books they read, the movies they watch,...
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* It's never easy for me to say "I believe". The verb seems to imply the static and the simple -- black and white, yes or no.
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Dear Sleeper,
We've been given this planet as a gift... a marvelous, vibrant, vicious, beautiful, terrible playground in which to develop our essence. As our technology evolves, we begin to slow down - to seek out comfort and predictability...
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Yesterday...
8:00 pm. Out with my girlfriend to meet some friends at an upscale Indian place down the street. The sexes pair off, and it's not long before we're rambling about Kerouac and Burroughs. It's a conversation that's fun the first...
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Dear Sleeper,
How many days have you wasted this week? Over your entire life? A day that if you were asked to remember a specific detail that differentiated it from the blur, you'd stare blankly and realize there was nothing. If you're anything...
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Economists love to invent stupid theories of how 2 completely separate things are correlated. They believe (and make believe) that when you compare 2 variables and, after some basic math, check that they are "correlated", you can guess the value of...
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I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.
Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the...
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Dear God,
I want to talk to you about a rather serious matter.
Over the years of my life I have noticed a pattern and have drawn a conclusion that neither you nor me have ever wanted to reach let alone acknowledge as valid but the time for...
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I have to write a blog today or my account will apparently become inactive, so, I'll just write a short one on a favourite quote of mine that I'll continue in a later blog.
"If you have to ask, you'll never know".
I love this because it is in...
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Alien Landscapes on Earth
There are many features on our grand planet which due to numerous geological and environmental factors literally appear as if they are from another world. The WebEcoist has put together this list of bizarre landscapes...
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The Catacombs of Paris (Catacombes de Paris) are a famous underground ossuary in Paris, France. Its entrance is located near the Denfert-Rochereau station of the Paris Mtro. Organized in a renovated section of the city's vast network of...
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The great Lestat once said, that life is meaningless, because, even after death, we shall never know the reason for being alive.
This statement can be taken in so many ways, and that, I have found, is the problem.
I recently stumbled on...
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Yesterday I spread out on comfortable green chair of my Hotel Radisson room and wrote pages and pages in my new notebook..
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JRR Tolkien was once asked if he would write further episodes of Lord of the Rings. His response was extraordinary.
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During a recent stay in Belfast, I had the opportunity to spend time with some local families from one of the Presbyterian churches in the city. Determined to provide a crash course on the culture of Northern Ireland, the men arranged a variety of...
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The inaugural British Wildlife Photography Awards saw a number of stunning entries from photographers of all ages. Pictures included an underwater grey seal close up and a white swan bathed in morning fog and light.
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From Yoko Ono:
Q: How do you define hate and love?
A: The distinction between hate and love is all in your head. When you wish to make yourself ill, you think of hate. When you wish to make yourself healthy, you think of love.
Q: Where is...
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