Let us, you and I, read these quotes and just think about them. Turn them over in our minds, taste them, not taking them for granted, but really, really, considering what the authors were trying to communicate to you, and I, what their backgrounds were, and what their concerns were. We see how clear things […]
the desert of ideas
“..He who fights with monsters should take care that he himself does not become a monster…. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss will gaze back into you..” – Friedrich Nietzsche Try not to stop at the literal significance of these words, but try to read between the lines, I’m aiming at […]
Thought for the day
Climate Change, Global catastrophes from the Greenhouse Effect, Peak Oil, Riots and War due to Overpopulation, Are nothing more, than post-christian eschatology. In a humanistic post-christian secular society no one believes in Judgment day or Hell anymore. But you can get a pleasurable moralist kick by wringing your hands over, let’s say, global warming, and […]
Self made reality? No, but we are as we speak.
Our language molds how we think and feel. The very words we use, their histories, subtle interwoven fabrics of shades of meaning, connotations, influences our thoughts and beliefs, which in turn influences how we perceive reality. Some languages are better at describing some things than others. Languages are not all equal, for example Eskimo tongues […]