Posts by Oubliette

Honestly, what did she expect. She works/(was working) at a private, fundamentalist Christian college that requires all faculty and staff to sign a very specific statement of faith.

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Philosophy vs Metaphysics vs Theology vs Science

by Simon in

the punchline is awesome.. from the oatmeal (but i couldn't find the link to it, image from facebook).

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Oubliette

Simon: Does that mean you think you found the cat?

Yes. And it was both dead AND alive at the same time!

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Philosophy vs Metaphysics vs Theology vs Science

by Simon in

the punchline is awesome.. from the oatmeal (but i couldn't find the link to it, image from facebook).

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Oubliette

Xanthippe: Philosophy deduced the existence of fundamental particles thousands of years ago.

Actually, it was philosophers that did that. Democritus was the man, building on ideas formulated by his teacher Leucippus!

Cofty: Much of what passes for philosophy is nothing more than mental masturbation

Can I do it until I need glasses?

Seriously though, we should not forget that science is ultimately a philosophical approach to trying to understand reality.

The difference between science and religion is that with science knowledge is discovered and to be freely shared with all whereas with religion knowledge is allegedly "revealed" and held only in the hands of an elite (self-proclaimed) individual or group.

The former can and should be empowering to all and for everyone, while the latter is a means to hold power exclusively for purposes of control over the masses.

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Philosophy vs Metaphysics vs Theology vs Science

by Simon in

the punchline is awesome.. from the oatmeal (but i couldn't find the link to it, image from facebook).

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Oubliette

Science as a Candle in the Dark:

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"For sale: baby shoes, never worn"

by Simon in

if you've never come across the above title before, it's considered to be the shortest novel possible.

a story, possibly a moving one, in just 6 words attributed to earnest hemingway.. it started a genre called "flash fiction" which is a memoir in six-words.. what would yours be?.

indoctrinated child found freedom, love, family.

Oubliette

I can't think of anything else ...

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"For sale: baby shoes, never worn"

by Simon in

if you've never come across the above title before, it's considered to be the shortest novel possible.

a story, possibly a moving one, in just 6 words attributed to earnest hemingway.. it started a genre called "flash fiction" which is a memoir in six-words.. what would yours be?.

indoctrinated child found freedom, love, family.