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In world of despair and existential angst.
Blah Blah. Ignore the title ( Read more... ) -
Joy
Dear God, I'm alone. I'm always alone. No matter who I meet, what they do, how I act, what I try, at fundamental points they will let me down, always and forever.
There are no good people. There's just me, lost in a cosmos that just doesn't give a shit. -
God, dear God, I am exhausted.
Just over a week now, and I've done everything. Classes, buying books, shipping people around town, two columnist meetings, 5 nights a week working and now add homework for 6 classes into the mix ( Read more... ) -
Logic?
There are two main themes in logic - deduction and induction. The first works from a set of premises to reach a logical conclusion - for example take the following statement as a syllogism ( Read more... ) -
Philosophy is the art of living.
I love philosophy. I cannot begin to say how much texts, ideas and opinions from certain philosophers have changed my views, my beliefs and restructured my philosophical being into who I am now, a man infinitely happier than he was perhaps 5 years ago ( Read more... ) -
World Cup fever
Literally. I have a bad throat and a headache and major sniffles. The excitement meant I missed sleep and got myself into this state - the good news is that England and Germany came through. Bad news is that Argentina kicked the crap out of the Cote d'Ivoire to win 2-1. I believe one of their players went for the ball once, but that might have ( Read more... ) -
Culture
I don't really know what to say today. Halie and I had a fascinating conversation about how one can draw the line between objective research, taking a firm moral stance and cultural sensitivity. Being fairly lax in terms of judging other cultures, I tend to frequently come up against that brick wall of a question ( Read more... ) -
So I was thinking...again...
I love learning languages. Language is, along with philosophy, the cornerstone of all existence. Reason being I consider the mind and interpretation as the shaper of reality (I am anti-materialist) and what is the shaper of thought? Language. What is the interpretation of thought? Philosophy. Then you can start working on the stuff beyond ( Read more... ) -
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I hate macs. I swear to God, they are unreliable, pointless, inane pieces of shit sent to annoy me. I try and work with them and they crash ( Read more... ) -
A return.
I write a column every week for the Gamecock, USC's editorial independent paper. I also write two editorials, thereby having to assimilate people's opinions into something representing a coherent argument. And now it is summer, and I am top of the tree, and I have no creative outlet ( Read more... )