(Poem) The meaning of life is a MacGuffin.
"What is the meaning of life?" // Philosophers ponder to no end // Like a dog chasing its own tail.
Category: Philosophy
General philosophy category covering a wide field of topics.
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(Experimental Essay): Privilege of the Witness in Narratology
Sometimes, from my stream of consciousness, an idea will roil up from the depths that compels me to jot it down, usually in a half-formed iPhone Note that I won’t revisit for stretches at a time. Once I do, I usually discover that it has either a) expired in relevance, or b) incubated some insight,…
Short Essay: “No-Reason Rationality”
“No-reason rationality” is not the same as irrationality, which is insanity. Why? No reason. See? Because there’s no reason. That’s the reason. To elaborate, when something arbitrary or spontaneous occurs, one of two reactions by the mind may follow: The first is to answer the question, “what reason did x occur?,” with the statement, “no…
Fly in the Brain:
I would like to share an original zen-ish thought experiment: something that spawned in my mind over time from contemplating thoughts surrounding identity, consciousness, and determinism. I’m not quite sure how to introduce it, but in case it strikes confusion via paradox, as any proper koan-like ought, then at least I’ll be happy that you…