Category Archives: People, Politics & Culture
A Tale of Two Selves
Why is the human race, with its superior intellectual capacity when compared to its most recent primate ancestry on the phylogenetic tree, at the same time so unstable, so unpredictable, and so neurotic, and so often acting against its own … Continue reading
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Tagged abstraction and conceptualization, AI, Artificial Intelligence, cortex, evolution, human cortex, human endeavour, instinctive self, Knowledge Doubling Curve, neocortex, neuroanatomy, phylogenetic tree, rational self, self-destructive behaviour
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The World is Larger than the Sum of its Parts
As I stated up front – in so many words – I’m writing this primarily for myself in the attempt to figure out what the world is all about beyond the twists and turns that life can throw our way, … Continue reading
Posted in People, Politics & Culture, Philosophy, Science & Religion
Tagged evolution, religion, the future, the larger context, the meaning of life, the state of the world
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An Unnatural Disaster
The unnatural disaster that is called President Trump is continuing to threaten the stability of the world, if only because it directly involves such a large and powerful country as the United States of America, formerly known as the leader … Continue reading
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Tagged Art of the Deal, blowhard, David Frum, Donald Trump, Fire and Fury, Michael Wolfe, The President of the United States, Tony Schwartz, Trumpocracy, US Presidency
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On The Back Foot Once Again
And so another year has passed, and while the saying goes “another year older, another year wiser”, I’m not convinced that this actually applies to our species. It was a year ago that one of the largest and most powerful … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018, Captain Chaos, cosmic event, destiny, divisiveness, Entropy, leadership, President of the United States, state of the world, the future
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Better Never to Have Been
A South African philosopher by the name of David Benatar believes that the world would be a better place if sentient life disappeared altogether, i.e., no remaining life-form capable of undergoing pain or suffering. As a consequence he claims it … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-natalist, David Benatar, indifferent universe, life, meaning of life, pain and suffering
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Universal Healthcare
This post is a bit of a departure from the prevailing flavor of esoteric material found on this site – and more of a social commentary that touches the hands-on, day-to-day status of our lives, as opposed to taking the … Continue reading
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Tagged Communism, healthcare, healthcare insurance, infant mortallity rate, Obamacare, private healthcare, socialism, universal healthcare, USA
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In Pursuit of a Greater Good
It is difficult not to get seriously depressed by the kind of news you get today, such as reports about the absolute savagery in the ongoing civil war in Syria by survivors of a deadly attack in Khan Sheikhoun describing chemical … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, Farvardin Yasht, primitive tribal laws, religion, sacrifice, Shariah Law, the good, worship, Zoroaster
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The Ugly Business Of Big Bad Pharma
Being Bad comes naturally to Big Pharma, as evidenced by their history in the marketplace. Over the previous decade or more the pharmaceutical industry has raked up a least 20 billion USD in fines for all kinds of absolutely unconscionable … Continue reading
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Tagged AbbottLaboratories, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Big Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Bristol-Myers, Endo Health Solutions Inc., FDA, Flynn Pharma, Forest Laboratories, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Lilly, Merck & Co, Novartis, Pfizer, Sarnoff-Aventis
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