Experimenting with Altruism
There are a couple of popular beliefs concerning altruism, both with extensive history and cultural bias. Some people think it is a core aspect to a good life, and selfishness is abhorrent, in my...
View ArticleThe Next Step
Democracy is an interesting prospect, and one we can finally make an effective move towards. Not just voting in the next dictator. We have the tool. It is the internet. It is no secret to anyone who...
View ArticleWe're all little cogs
Unconsciously building our demise. With money becoming so important, and its uses so often worthless, we care only for our own survival. Dependent on a system that is designed to crash. With money...
View ArticleDistraction.
How often is it that you watch a movie, read a book or have a conversation with a friend and think; "Wow. That just blew my mind." Your brain instantly flies off on the wings of imagination, deductive...
View ArticleNot stirred, but shaken...
What if tomorrow you woke up in Africa, 30,000 years before today? Exactly how much knowledge do you possess that would make you any better at surviving than anyone else there? Sure, you were savvy...
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why & how do we still live in a society where an individual cannot do whatever he wants provided he does not harm anyone else?
View ArticleEmotion versus Logic
I know this is rather crude but I'll attempt to differentiate the two by defining emotion as things we feel, and logic to be things we understand. Logic requires and tends to take the form of an...
View ArticleMoral Corruption
So we're powerful. We can manipulate our environments - ever more so with each passing day. Soon very little will be out of our control. But where do we stand emotionally? morally? Are we ready for...
View ArticleConsciousness, Intelligence, Self-awareness & The Wonderful 'If'
This was originally a comment to Shandora's first post. But I just started writing and decided to give it some space of it's own... Consciousness and awareness, are more or less the same thing. If we...
View ArticleA Place for Our Minds to Live... (Forever)
I really enjoy my carnal existence; eating, drinking & exercising. But strangely I quite appreciate the idea of living forever - despite all of the negative connotations associated with it - what...
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