Wednesday 11 May 2011

Transhumanists can f*** off and die



Death is a very important and in some ways beautiful thing which should be respected

There may already be far too many people

There are certainly too many wealthy selfish bastards who want to live forever

Is it really the most important goal for humanity to try and extend the lives of wealthy selfish bastards indefinitely?

I think not

I'm happy to fuck off and die, so was the Buddha, maybe Nick Bostrom should be too



http://www.duttyartz.com/2011/visionary-transhumanism-dollars-that-matter/

Tuesday 19 April 2011

Thursday 7 April 2011

Wednesday 9 February 2011

SeXXXy Philosophy?!


The infamous Timothy Williamson once argued that philosophical reasoning cannot be an evolved innate capacity on the basis of the empirical evidence that he has tried to use philosophy to chat women up at parties and been unsuccessful.

He should try Rockney Jacobson's approach...
Step 1: Be called "Rockney Jacobson"
Step 2: Become an expert in the Philosophy of Sex
Step 3 : Approach attractive (and evolutionarily fit) women and say "Hi I'm Rockney Jacobson and I'm an expert in the Philosophy of Sex!"

His papers are interesting and his name is amazing...

Thursday 3 February 2011

I "heart" the Interweb!


About a month ago I was bored and decided to make a dancehall riddim

Two weeks later an irie deejay from Montreal going by the name of Clinton Sly decides that he likes some of the tunes I uploaded to Interweb and "follows" me on Soundcloud

Now we have (shamelessly blowing my own trumpet) a sick dancehall tune...


I LOVE THE INTERWEB
TRANSATLANTICCYBERDANCEHALL

DL here...

Sunday 30 January 2011

Take Daoism Seriously!

The study of philosophy in the West is typically very constrained by spatial boundaries. We study Western philosophers from throughout more than the last two millennia. Yet Eastern philosophers remain beyond the scope of so-called analytic philosophy, dismissed as being too obscure and spiritual. It is as if modern analytic philosophers really believe that nothing with sufficient metaphysical significance and logical clarity was written anywhere outside of Europe for over two thousand years.
It should be apparent by now, in light of the findings of quantum mechanics and other aspects of modern science, that some of the foundational assumptions of Western metaphysics, handed down from the Socratics and bolstered by the dominance of Judaeo-Christian beliefs, fail to accurately describe the world around us. We can no longer see the world as made up of distinct and permanent physical entities moulded and orchestrated by a divine Creator. Instead we must embrace the reality of impermanence, dynamism and the ultimately chaotic nature of reality.
Eastern metaphysical positions can be seen as far more akin to the reality that modern science presents to us.
The following paper by Martin Schönfeld is a good example of philosophy that attempts to bridge the artificial boundaries of Eastern/Western philosophy (as well as the analytic/continental divide) in order to search for a more coherent philosophical position

Sunday 16 January 2011