The Entanglements of a Foolhardy Secular Humanist
I am a philosopher ([meta]ethics, philosophy of math, aesthetics, ancient philosophy, logic, set theory, philosophy of the cognitive sciences) and pseudo cognitive psychologist (human memory, social psychology, neuro/biological psychology) with weak, amorphous aspirations to music, theatre, and writing.
I've been accused of being interesting but do my best to refute such allegations. My complete and utter disinterest in the pursuit of wealth or social status has essentially alienated me from most of society.-
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The best graffiti I saw on the separation wall when I was in Palestine wasn’t one of those photographic portraits by the famous artist Bansky. It was this, at the checkpoint going from Bethlehem (Occupied Palestinian Territory) to West Jerusalem (Israel).
You survived to do this?
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- Q: Why do all the drummers in all the hipster bands not have a rack tom? – Lars, Reston, VA
- Jon Wurster: Because it would block the audience’s view of the tattoo they just got of Tom Selleck using an antique sewing machine.
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”But I’m not going to lie to you, when I get compared to artists like José González or Bon Iver, I can’t help but think, “I’ve been doing this since those guys were in third grade.
Mark “Motherfuckin’” Kozelek (via masonpitzel)
(Source: pitchfork.com)
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”…People whose lives are barren and insecure seem to show a greater willingness to obey than people who are self-sufficient and self-confident. To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint. They are eager to barter their independence for relief of the burdens of willing, deciding and being responsible for inevitable failure. They willingly abdicate the directing of their lives to those who want to plan, command and shoulder all responsibility…
Eric Hoffer, “The True Believer”
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”The press still thinks [global warming] is controversial. So they find the 1% of the scientists and put them up as if they’re 50% of the research results. You in the public would have no idea that this is basically a done deal and that we’re on to other problems, because the journalists are trying to give it a 50/50 story. It’s not a 50/50 story. It’s not. Period.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, podcast interview (via dionthesocialist)
(Source: wiredforlight)
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I’m convinced that the rooftop scene is like the pinnacle of human innovation.
The wheel, agriculture, penicillin, space travel, THE ROOFTOP SCENE we can end it there.
(Source: butts-and-ass)
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The Subtlety of Artillery Fire
I can only imagine how jarring it must be to be my girlfriend sometimes, because in some respects I have, long ago, jettisoned all notions or attempts at subtlety or nuance and have never looked back. Intimacy with me becomes frightfully sudden, and I cannot stand trying to ease into things because I look at a clock and all I see is my most hated enemy, anything in collusion with it is seen as guilty by association. So, yeah, fuck it, I’m gonna answer my phone while I’m peeing at the bar urinal and talk to her, why not? And I’ll talk about things you’re “not supposed to talk about”, at crudely determined points in the timeline of the relationship because, fuck you and your guidelines; the landscape of my relationships is pointedly, and purposefully, non-euclidean, it’s a fucked up topological nightmare that only the very brave can handle.
I also hated the movie, “Swingers”. -
Legend of Korra / Game of Thrones Title Mash-up, quite good.
(Source: thetalesofbasingse)
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Q: Are you going to "The Beatles: The Lost Concert" movie premier in a few weeks?
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Nope. I don’t really like the Beatles.
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I need feminism
so that people will stop saying “you will when you’re older” when I tell them I don’t want children. Just because I have a uterus doesn’t mean I have to reproduce.
THANK YOU.
This is an exceedingly poor reason to need feminism, especially in light of the many, many good reasons. In fact, this isn’t a gender biased comment at all; I am a man and was told the exact same thing when I was a teenager, when I expressed my clear disapproval of spawn.
There’s also nothing in that colloquial saying that implies you have to reproduce. People say things like that because they said and thought the exact same things when they were younger, and it turns out they were wrong, just as my younger self was wrong when he thought he’d never want any children of his own.
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An oddly moving montage from various video games.
