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Category: philosophy

  • Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

    Chicken Philosophy Plato: For the greater good. Aristotle: To fulfill its nature on the other side. Karl Marx: It was a historical inevitability.

  • A Brief Introduction to Taoism

    It was recently suggested that my beliefs seem very much in line with the philosophies of Taoism. I generally avoided religious and philosophical texts as a child so as not to distort my own relationship with existence and the universe. Now I appreciate the philosophies of others as challenges, supplements and reinforcements for my own…

  • 3 Ways to Open Up To Yourself

    While one may claim we’re stuck with ourselves and ask, how could we ever escape? I’ve suggested two methods by which we do escape to ourselves – blocking and masking. Blocking is the act of running from cognitive dissonance or otherwise avoiding any repulsive experience or memory. Masking occurs when we attempt to convince ourselves…

  • The Most Boring Man Alive

    I am the most boring man alive. I’m less funny, less entertaining, less interesting, less adventurous, less energetic, less excitable and less irrational than ever before. I’m more equanimous, more comfortable and more at peace than any me I’ve ever known. I’m like my perfectly stable father but on a double dose of Benzos, floating…

  • The Egg by Andy Weir

    The Egg by Andy Weir You were on your way home when you died. It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly…

  • Informal Koan

    I offer this informal koan, friendly challenge– this unbiased opportunity for free-thinking and self-exploration. Ponder this subset of oxymoronic pairs: industry and carefree; structure and randomness; restraint and freedom; fact and irony; effort and letting go. Is one good? Is one bad? Could they exist independently of one another? Are the pairs dancing or fighting?…