Life
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A broken difference engine, some sex, and a teapot
The human mind is a broken difference engine, we have built a broken society as a result, and as usual I have a theory that might explain why. The usual approach for a philosophy piece would be to try to establish both the credential of the theorist, I have none, and the validity of the… Continue reading
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What is pleasing and what is not.
The altruistic act is oft misunderstood, as misunderstood as the self-regarding act. Most acts are arguably self-regarding, and it is important to bear in mind that if they seem, on quick inspection, to be for others, they may be ultimately be for the self. In fact I would go as far as to say that… Continue reading
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Taxes and the dread of the crisis
The standard of living crisis has hit a lot of people. I’m not a rich man by any measure but I try to help those around me if I can, if they need. Peter Singer wrote what is considered a controversial paper in the seventies that stated (in simple terms) that if you can help… Continue reading
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From above, from below
The leaders chosen from below are almost always better than the leaders chosen from above, and there’s got to be a good reason… From above… Sycophancy, the powerful will notice who laughs the most, and the loudest, at their usually unfunny jokes and quips. They notice who stays behind after the bell goes to go… Continue reading
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Faith and Knowledge
I was wondering what your thought were on this and that, but I can probably already guess because I know you well, and I know the way you would like things to be…. Marx had a theory that one day in the future, his future and possibly our now, there would be a time where… Continue reading
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Mimicry is NOT the highest form of flattery
This is hardly a serious post, more of a rant at something I dislike really, and what I dislike is hardly relevant… It’s hard to avoid them on TV these days, they seem to even be on gameshows in character now, I’m referring to Drag Queens. The DQ is not a trans person, they are… Continue reading
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Newspeak
It strikes me, that there is a particular problem with the way that we speak to each other, and I wish to examine it. I think I know why this phenomenon happens, but is it useful? My friend is fat, really fat, colossally fat, I simply cannot state how fat the fucker is in strong… Continue reading
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Disagreeable me
“Most people who get to know me find me disagreeable” This line is delivered in the film Se7en, by the older detective (summerset) played by Morgan Freeman. The younger detective (Mills), played by Brad Pitt, makes no effort to disagree, yet, surprisingly, there is no self-pity in the delivery. It is stated merely as a… Continue reading
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Unfair things and life’s paradoxes
One person with a stereo can ruin a peaceful evening in many nearby gardens, but one person at peace in the quiet of their garden cannot spoil the evening of anyone else. It is relatively easy to appeal to somebody when they are inconveniencing in other ways, and likely that people normally know that they… Continue reading
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Can a reaction to prejudice be prejudice?
It’s 2023 and I just watched a spot on a well known breakfast time tv show about inclusive hairdressing, the woman is running a salon that caters specifically to the needs of trans and other persons from the rather vague groups involved in self identification. I wondered if by creating this principle that person was… Continue reading
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