Weblog » Tags » philosophy (all)
-
Kierkegaard and me
What Kierkegaard calls despair, I call cognitive dissonance. -
Comment FAIL
Check this out: A woman is slain walking in a park, and the comments section opens up with, "Let's not get hysterical about this." Yeah, I'm feeling the love and respect you wish to show the departed after that. H… -
Culture
Listen to this. Just listen for a few minutes. Okay, obviously, it was recorded in a public space. The background noise is pretty obvious. It's also obvious that the violinist knows how to play. Aside from that, wha… -
Mass Weddings
Here's a picture from the Unification Church's latest mass wedding. Some of the men and women here are quite attractive. Why do they need to be thrown together with a random stranger to find love? I'm sure they don… -
Truth
"The only truth is death." - Autarch, Lightning Swords of Death How would you respond if someone said that to you? -
Undeserved cynicism
Northernskylights posted some pretty shocking photos alongside a story of US abuse of Iraqi women. I was all set to write my local representatives, but since I know some photojournalists, I thought I'd ask around first … -
My Philosophy
Pues el pájaro cantor jamás se para a cantar en árbol que no da flor. "The songbird will not sing for a tree that refuses to bear flowers." -
NYAF: The Cake-Cutting Sword
Oh, those wacky Americans who say, "Oh, those wacky Japanese" and then use man-killing weapons to carve their food up. -
Standards
Let me tell you a story about the inappropriate application of standards. A friend of mine who is white (and speaks fluent Chinese) privately complained to me once that Chinese people would invariably applaud her use of… -
The Model Minority Doesn't Exist
Axis of doom asks, "Are Asians the Model Minority?" I'm not trying to shoot the messenger, but please, think about what you're saying before you perpetuate a term. For Axis, the term implies financial success. All goo…
True
LifetimeRecent Weblogs
-
Rupert Murdoch: Senile, or Canny?
Rupert Murdoch may be an inadvertent pirate, but t... -
Choosing Excellence
You can choose how excellent you are. That d... -
I have a life
I hate this excuse. Now, don't get me wrong. ...
