> Their desperation and rage just comes from a feeling that they can't
> confront, that they just don't have much to offer.
>
> Marcus
Reading this, I feel like you could found a new generation of something that is
like existentialist philosophy but equally-well political theory.
It is not
Eric writes:
< It is not so far from Nietzche’s notion that “God is dead” creates a problem
for people, and they will face a fork in the road in how they try to deal with
it. >
Yeah, it is probably nothing new that is happening nor a new interpretation.
Institutions of various kinds can gi
Nietzsche's complaining/rejoicing re: the loss of the Christian rule set isn't
all that relevant, I don't think. Those Trumpians complaining about "political
correctness" aren't complaining about the lack of a rule set, because there
exists a new rule set. E.g. don't chant "Jews will not repl
Marcus/Eric -
Great observations, both. I think this cuts to (part of) the heart of
the matter.
I just recently watched "Glass Castle" (current run at Violet Crown)
with Woody Harrelson playing the role of a fairly intelligent (his
daughter, the memoirist characterizes him as brilliant)
Glen -
I am inclined to agree with you, but am left somewhat empty-handed with:
"because ALL rule sets are faulty! Damnit."
my instincts are with you on this, yet in some kind of Godelian (not
Gordian) knot I find myself:
A) questioning the "rule" you just stated.
and
B)
Well, just because all rule sets are faulty doesn't mean some rule sets aren't
better than others. (Need I repeat it? Surely not. ... All models ... yadda
yadda.) And so your intuition is right, all rule sets are faulty, including
the rule set of all rule sets. The lesson isn't to throw awa
Well, just because all rule sets are faulty doesn't mean some rule sets aren't
better than others. (Need I repeat it? Surely not. ... All models ... yadda
yadda.) And so your intuition is right, all rule sets are faulty, including
the rule set of all rule sets. The lesson isn't to throw
Obama's tweet about the events in Charlottesville got the most "likes" of
any tweet in twitter history. It is a quote from Nelson Mandela: "No one
is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his
background or his religion … People must learn to hate, and if they can
learn to
Merle -
Thanks for offering this up. My own maunderings about "what is in
human nature" having me trust that we are still *mostly* the animals who
gathered in groups of order Dunbar number (150?) who *mostly* loved one
another and treated one another with respect and generosity (up to a
myr
FWIW:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openness_to_experience#Genes_and_physiology
> Openness to experience, like the other traits in the five factor model, is
> believed to have a genetic component. Identical twins (who have the same DNA)
> show similar scores on openness to experience, even wh
Steve, I trust strongly the neuroscience that insists that our brains have
not totally evolved past the point of reptilian behavior emerging from what
I call the left-over parts of the brain. We seem to remain wired for kin
and tribe, and perhaps our survival still depends to some extent on all the
The strangest thing I saw today was this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnXBeQwmmrc
To be honest, he likes to be offensive. No deep roots of xenophobia, he's
open to all kinds of offensiveness.
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Roger writes:
< The strangest thing I saw today was this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnXBeQwmmrc
>
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/08/what_the_alt_left_was_actually_doing_in_charlottesville.html
Never thought I'd dona
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