I haven’t made a philosphic rant in ages. It’s sad to say, but they are fewer and further in between. The thing I could not have foreseen in life is the loss of majesty that life retains with age. Ideas used to breathe life into me, now they merely intrigue me. I guess my point is that in case you read this and are under 25ish. There are several “hard” choices you have to make as a late adolescent/young adult, follow your heart and not your mind—it will talk you out of everything worthwhile in this life. Dream and live and never cower.

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Is perceived time travel, time travel? If one were to define time travel, probably the most prevalent imagination is some fridge-like chamber that transports you to a far distant time. However, within this definition is the assumption that time is a fixed variable, something that describes a…

Today I listened to Imam Tariq Ramadan argue that the problem with discussing women’s rights has always been that we talk about women according to their function and relation, but never as women as woman.  Quite an interesting concept.

Lets assume man has free will.   Lets also assume there is a G-d.  Then how far does this go?  Does man alone have free will?  Or do animals too?   And for that matter where do we draw the line?  Does nature have its own will?  When we say “its cold,”  has the atmosphere elected to change?  (I am arguing analytically, so the possibility of it being just our perception must be ignored.)  I mean, there are rocks that migrate.  Do they have free will?  How hands on must G-d be to be just?  To be G-d?

Yes.  Yes it is.   From http://designerman-whatisawtoday.blogspot.com/

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“As soon as you’re born you start dying, so you might as well have a good time” - Sheep go to Heaven, Cake

Anyone who believes in the immortality of a flawed system such as capitalism is misguided. Capitalism is dying, it’s just a matter of time. Why? Capitalism is merely a subset of a broad…

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