I used to have my doubts about Ayn Rand and her philosophy, Objectivism. But then I read this awesome book about how all the heads of corporations and industrialists went on strike and lived in a society in the mountains where they built hovercraft, laser guns, and perpetual motion machines running on static electricity. When …
Category Archive: Philosophy
Dec 08
Plumbing the Depths of Science
Philosophers stereotypically care a great deal about making distinctions that aren’t very meaningful, and Massimo Pigliucci lives up to this stereotype in his blog post “Why Plumbing Ain’t Science“. He maintains, of course, as all philosophers do, that the distinction is actually quite meaningful and important, but that just proves his guilt. A fireman saving …
Nov 25
Philosopher Discovers Meaning of Life, Then Foiled by Paradox
Gerald Biloxy, an obscure professor in the philosophy department at the University of Montana, made a startling discovery last Wednesday. He had discovered the meaning of life. Among lay people, the meaning of life is often considered one of the most important philosophical questions, but professional philosophers through the ages have preferred to address weightier …
Sep 03
Ockham’s Razor and the Spooks
Anyone who knows me well knows that I hate many, many things. In a time when atheists are fighting desperately to be seen as good, kind, well-meaning folk, I brazenly admit to being an angry, pissed-off atheist. But of all the things that anger me—whether it be God, religious fundamentalists, chiropractors, naturopaths, conspiracy theorists, or …
Aug 06
Atheism and Absence of Evidence
Many people believe that the main difference between agnosticism and atheism is that atheism is dogmatic and closed-minded whereas agnosticism is more open and accepting. In reality, though, the difference between agnosticism and atheism isn’t a matter of degrees of certainty; the differences are primarily epistemological. The rowdy, unshakeable, dogmatic boisterousness associated with atheism is …
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