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Monthly Archives: July 2008
Looking For Creative Keyboardist/Synth Player
Looking for a keyboardist who has the ability to create his own parts for our songs. Bonus points if you can songwrite/compose as well. More bonus points if you have a good understanding of music theory (and can teach me … Continue reading
I know I’m an animist…
because I slow down when I know an empty cop car is coming up
The problem with the ecocentric argument for protecting biodiversity…
…isn’t ecocentrism. It’s just that the ecosphere is too damn strong. Yes, anthropocentric “stewardship” type thinking can learn from ecocentrism. For example, between two species that are facing undue (anthropogenic…but why isn’t it undue if it’s aviogenic? hmmm) early extinction, … Continue reading
昨日の夜の夢
おかしい夢を見ましたk。 僕がカリコゴーストタウンと言うところで優しい一家に付き合いました。その家族は僕が好きになりました。たくさんたくさん話しました。両親も、お兄さんと妹がいました。その家族が「好きだから、娘とデートしてね」って言いました。確かに可愛かったけど、その娘が１４歳ぐらいでした！だから、僕が「だめだよ。そんな若い子とデートできないよ」って言って、娘ちゃんがすぐ怒りました！息子も両親もちょっとだけ怒って、仲間はずれました。けっきょく、また息子と話すようになったけど、娘から「あんた嫌い！！」とかのメールばかりもらいました。おかしいことは息子はDemon Huntersと言う最低だおかしいなBムービーからのキャラクターにそっくりでした。
Looking for Collaborator (creative musician) for Band
(copying my post from craigslist to here) I’m in the first stages of starting a new band (or reviving my old band, however you wanna look at it). I’m very open-minded as to what instrument(s) you can play/contribute. Right now, … Continue reading
Open Source » Blog Archive » Dan Ariely: Confronting Irrationality
Open Source » Blog Archive » Dan Ariely: Confronting Irrationality Here’s a good talk on radio open source (an island of interestingness in a vast sea of trying to make a routine election sound like an earth-shaking event – it’s … Continue reading
Cultural Diversity as Analog to Biodiversity
(If you know all the arguments about why biodiversity is awesome, or think you do, go ahead and skip down to Cultural Diversity) Biodiversity This is an ecology blog! Or at least that’s what the title claims. So, we’re going … Continue reading
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What Do You Think of This Doctrine?
I humbly propose this doctrine for everyone, religious or not, to follow: No physical misdeed can have a metaphysical justification First, the argument: The certitude of a premise is of course logically significant. Therefore, the unknowability of a divine source … Continue reading
The Contradictions of the “Ordered Universe” Argument for God
…at least if a Christian makes them: Dinesh D’Souza (and many others before him) makes a very clever argument for the existence of a God – that out of all the possible universes that could have existed, one must have … Continue reading
The Problem of Any Supernatural Justification For Morality
With this post, I begin “God & Morality Week” at Thomas J. Webb’s Ecology Blog! From today until next Monday, we will be exploring the nature of morality with respect to the unknowable supernatural. Though the vocabulary I use may … Continue reading