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Just for the record…

When you just thought the absurdity of life couldn’t reach higher heights, the Mexican congress has presented mummified bodies of what they claim are 1000 year old alien bodies confirmed by radiocarbon dating apparently. This legislative body is most definitely (for reasons not worth going into) the victim of a con artist. I will just let this lie, but it has compelled me to finally get something quick down that I have been meaning to mention.

The Vicious Cycle

This piece has been sitting almost finished for some time, but given the recent re-creep of religious fundamentalism into our politics, it seems timely and appropriate. The concerted, methodical march to challenge the safe access to abortion services in this country by the Evangelical movement can infuriate and frighten the average unbeliever. Those who value […]

Against Kant’s Idea Universal History with A Cosmopolitan Intent: Accepting the “Dismal Reign of Chance”

In his work titled “Idea for a universal history with a cosmopolitan purpose”(1784), Kant considers the role philosophers have to play in analyzing and integrating the events of human history. For Kant, philosophy can give the history of mankind a purpose or significance beyond the culmination of individual human lives. Like many thinkers from the […]

Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons

Here we are again where the press fails spectacularly in fulfilling its function in a democratic society. Can’t even challenge people in power on basic shit. I hate to go here but this is more of a stream of consciousness situation: Trump. Mother fucker gets on the news after the latest UN Climate report sounds […]

Against Human Veneration

In the pursuit of well researched, deeply contemplative articles for this medium of communication, I end up not publishing very many articles. Therefore, in the spirit of just getting something on this stupid blog, I wanted to post this short discussion about the problems bequeathed to our society by the consistent and counterproductive veneration of […]

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Worst Existence of the Week #1: Guano Mining Slave

After much consideration of existence, I have come to the conclusion that the most resilient or fundamental form of happiness is the knowledge that things could always be way, WAY worse. This realization has kept a smile on my face for a decade despite my squandered potential, constant solitude, and lack of any clear direction. […]

The Furious Case of Ernest Bailey, Part II

To my amazement, I never received a response. I began to wonder whether these people were real and that this was all a part of an email phishing scam with a long set up. It did not take long for another email to rile me up to pen another letter to this wayward flock of […]

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The Furious Case of Ernest Bailey, Part I

We all know the general advice when it comes to religion, politics, and mixed company: Don’t do it…

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Indeterminacy of Personal Identity

Who are we really? Are we a group of cells expressing a distinct sequence of DNA? Maybe we are disembodied soul or mind that persists beyond this grouping of cells. Are you actually the same person you were from you childhood? Personal identity it seems is hard to tie down. Which is very concerning when it is the basis of so much of how we frame our existence. If we are unsure about who we are, then how can we go about assigning responsibility and meaning to our selves?

Brain Aneurysms and the Multiverse. Re-published.

By now, most everyone has been confronted with the concepts of extra dimensions, parallel universes, or alternate timelines that exist just beyond our experience. For decades, science fiction has conjured countless different versions of a deeper reality that we have yet to uncover. Many of these ideas have been presented for public consumption neatly wrapped […]