A really interesting talk on reason and morality. Arguments covering the universe, intention, reality, beauty and religion. Video uploaded by YouTube user ProportionalResponse.
Reason as a Moral Obligation – JT Eberhard
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Category Archives: Philosophy
Enclosed Madness – Fear of Questioning
Its a known phenomena. From schoolteachers nagging about the dangers of smoking, to high-end lecturers loudly expressing the effects of Nazism. Madness occurs when collectives are Enclosed in their ideals, for better or worse. Whatever the aspect. Duty, Honor, Cause, Religion. The collective will blossom in its conduct. However, a group is nothing more than a bunch of individuals, and someone will always suffer. Continue reading
Energetic Arrangement – Conservation of Mass and Energy
Another well established scientific fact, turned into a new-age fable. Some over-simplified version of the Mass-Energy Equivalence opens a door for new ideas, related to our own existence. As the general idea goes: “Mass and Energy are two forms of the same entity. Therefore, death is not the end of existence. Since the mass of the corpse breaks down into energy, useful components that continue to nurture the earth”. All true and good, but this flawless logic cannot possibly apply to consciousness. As I’ve heard some new-age’rs claim. Continue reading
Emotional Obligation
It can be difficult to classify what is considered human, since the issues raised are by humans and are to be answered by humans. The debate is usually raised when trying to find justifiable reasons to injure, kill or condemn your fellow man. More often that not, arguments -sometimes knowingly- are presented with some sort of Red Herring, Straw Man or Emotional Justification. Slowly fading away the facts, and going straight to the heart. Continue reading
Divided, Rebuilt and Lost Forever
I have never been interested in mathematics, partly because of my failures in Practical Math class. In any case, I stumbled across a very simple and well established idea, that caused a Paradigm Shift in my way of thinking. I have yet to come up with a practical example, but I can however visualize similar concepts that are of the same nature. Dividing something, then adding the results, in an effort to rebuild. It rarely looks the same it once was, whatever IT may be. Continue reading