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Nietzsche said that there are two types of people: those who want believe, and those who want to know. More recently, it’s been suggested that the distinction between the two may be related to intelligence. Now I know how condescending that sounds, but think about
So you’re unhappy with how the past year played out. The people elected a tacky, crass demagogue whose grade-school language winks at racism in his speeches and incites bigotry and xenophobia. And emboldened by his example, the volume of other ugly voices has been
What good is the study of philosophy if any conclusions or ideas that come of it never reach the minds of the masses? Sure, things trickle-down and diffuse through the memescape or zeitgeist or other $2 word to describes the cloud of culture that loosely
It’s 0018, just past midnight, and after a pouring a pot of coffee into my face over the last hour, my brain has been making a sort of chewing gum of the news I follow, to give itself something to do in the background while
Star Agent, Grade Zero, B’ama sat at the hidden terminal in his office, ready to write his final report back to galactic headquarters. The interface hummed as his fingers entered the type-field and he smiled to himself –he’d really done it, the toughest mission of
Let’s not kid ourselves: Donald Trump is the President Americans deserve. Americans can name more Kardashians than Supreme Court justices. Americans know the win/loss stats of their NFL team, but not their Congressman’s voting record. Americans sing “…and the home of the brave” while handing
If “Christians” really wanted to prevent abortions, they’d encourage the use of birth control and condoms; things proven effective in reducing abortions, unlike “abstinence-only” education. But that’s the key, it’s not about abortion, it’s about punishing women for having sex and controlling women’s agency as