When one points out the unfairness of the parable of the prodigal son--that a man would feel more happiness for the return of a son who had wronged him than he would for the one who had always stayed and been loyal- -Christians defend this obvious analogue for their God by saying, "Well, isn't that how you would feel in that situation?" But according to Christianity, I am not perfect, because I am... » Continue Reading
to choose who is drafted into WW3, where the targets are already being chosen by AI. AI will get us to kill each other, and then create a sort of Disneyland-esque simulacrum of life on Earth, which maybe aliens will someday land on and discover; or maybe that will just be the end of life. » Continue Reading
how all of Israel's enemies always put schools and hospitals right next to their Nazi-Muslim-terrorism-compounds to trick people into thinking Israel is bad » Continue Reading
I listened to a Muslim say that the Koran claims that only humans have free-will because, when offered, only we accepted the burden. » Continue Reading
Zizek wrote during the Iraq war that Rumsfeld was an "amateur philosopher" when he engaged in his repetitive Socratic humilities (Zizek is ironically incredibly repetitive, though it is I who am calling Rumsfeld repetitive--Zizek never did). He said sure, there was a known known, an known unknown, an unknown unknown, but that Rumsfeld left out the unknown known: the unconscious (in this case, it w... » Continue Reading
It's a version of chess where you create a checkmate scenario and begin with it, the game already at its last movie--then play backwards, reconstructing how you got there, like a crime scene. One player. Two players if you really want a challenge. » Continue Reading
Had this thought stacking old tires out back yesterday: (by philosophy I really mean metaphysics) William James said (or should have said, if this wasn't what he meant--but I think and hope it was) that the error a » Continue Reading