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Monthly Archives: January 2022
Between Eutopia and Dystopia
Is there a halfway point between utopia and dystopia? [ 1/January/22 ] Utopia and Dystopia are experiential models of whatever reality actually is. It seems to me to be beyond reasonable doubt that they are simplistic models of a reality … Continue reading
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Covid response, evolution and survival
Covid-19 responses – again [ 29/December/21 ] What premises are flawed – precisely??? For me it is simple in a very real sense. It comes back to values. It always does. What do we actually value? Why those and not … Continue reading
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Critique of pan-spermia
[ 28/December/21 ] I was going along kinda OK, up to the point of suggesting “cryo-preserved squid eggs arriving from space”. Clearly no real knowledge of biochemistry there. The HOX genes are what make complex organisms possible, and it is … Continue reading
Understanding in Philosophy
On Heidegger and philosophy more generally [ 25/December/21 Walter Kant asked – THE UNINTELLIGIBILITY OF PHILOSOPHY- “Making yourself understandable is suicide for philosophy.”, according to Martin Heidegger in “Contributions to Philosophy”Do you agree with Heidegger?Yes or no?] When any modern … Continue reading
On Monsters within
On Monsters [ 23/December/21 Dirk posted a JBP quote “You should be a monster, and absolute monster, and then you should learn how to control it.”] I think of it more like the original Greek of the bible that is … Continue reading
Role of Culture
[ 19/December/21 ] A lot of talking straight past each other methinks. People have a very strong tendency to over simply things that they are not familiar with, and thus there is inevitably a tendency to attack as over simplistic … Continue reading
Anarchy
Why do so many people associate anarchy with chaos and destruction, when it’s simply being free from a state? [ 17/December/21 ] There seem to be two different and very complex things conflated into one gross simplification in this question. … Continue reading
Covid post on local community facebook page
[ 15/December/21 Shayne posted “Is it too much to ask what the ingredients are before jabbing kids Jacinda? And what is the deal you have with Pfizer!”] [Sarah posted – The ingredients are publicly available – https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/profs/Datasheet/c/comirnatyinj.pdf%5D Hi Shayne, You … Continue reading
Mike Joy Posted As we consider our futureby Katie Singer
[ 13/December/21 ] I have no doubt that the economic system as currently constituted is no longer fit for purpose – far too many levels of perverse incentives. I similarly have no remaining reasonable doubt that as a species we … Continue reading
Production and Addiction
As we continue to make more products for consumption, isn’t each an attempt to begin a human addiction? [ 13/December/21 ] Not necessarily, and often. In so far as people make and sell goods that meet a genuine need of … Continue reading