Philosophy
Religion - as Natural as Cows?
Saturday, March 29th, 2008Yet another good TED video about the “design” of modern religions as a case for studying all religions through a scientific lens:
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
Sunday, September 2nd, 2007Last year I read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values. This book is a narration of a father’s motorcycle trip across the American northwest with his son. There are many philosophical chautauquas sprinkled throughout the milestones of the trip. More so than it tells a story, the book lays the […]
Seinfeld and Philosophy
Monday, August 27th, 2007In March 2006, I finished reading Seinfeld and Philosophy. This book is terrible. Don’t read it. There are a few interesting points and a few interesting insights, but none of the essays in this book add up to anything interesting. A few essays (most notably, the one on “The Costanza Maneuver”) get so caught up […]
The Simpsons
Friday, July 27th, 2007Oh, how I love The Simpsons. I’m going to see the movie tonight, despite that I feel destined for disappointment. Will it be all a Simpsons movie could be? Probably not.
But any way…
What I really like about The Simpsons is it’s irreverence towards… everything. One of my favorite moments is this song, sung my Mr. […]
Ideas to die for
Sunday, July 8th, 2007Dan Dennett talks about toxic memes and their virus-like ability to wipe out entire cultures. Dennett’s assertion that memes are, in some cases (communism, capitalism, Islam, Catholicism, and many more), essentially deadly parasites is an interesting perspective.
As interesting as Dennett’s ideas are, I tend to take a more simplistic view. While memes may be wiping […]