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The problem with democracy is that people are stupid and gullible. You don't magically get a good decision out of a bunch of foolish people. For some reason, people think that consensus means the decision is somehow be…
Avoidance

The banner at the top of my blog is a quote from Immanuel Kant's essay What is Enlightenment. It is the very first paragraph of the piece and is a good summary of his answer to the question, "What is Enlightenment?" I …
I have been having a feeling a lot lately. I am not sure how to describe it perticularly precisely, but I guess I can try. The world seems strange to me, as if it is somehow foreign to my mind. When I study physics…
Original Sin

I have been reading Genesis lately, especially chapter 3. I have been studying related passages as well, and I just don't see the Fall of Man in there as it is commonly understood. I don't see how a child who canno…
Something to ponder, or else perhaps laugh at

If ignorance is bliss then, why are people ever, ever, ever unhappy?
In the long run we are all dead anyways. *edit* It is hard to decide which song I like more, "Adagio for Strings" or "Mozart's Requiem". Both songs leave me with a profound sense of sadness.

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