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The Arrogance of Certainty | Cold Dark Empty
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The Worlds of Arthur Staaz. The Arrogance of Certainty. June 24, 2016. Alan Watts wrote a famous book called “The Wisdom of Insecurity.” But what about the arrogance of certainty? What of those who know with a faith-based certainty that what they believe is right? I’m Still Here. Climbing Up the Spectral Hump →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out.
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On the Golden Age – My Outer Marat
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Thoughts That Might Scandalize, Horrify, or Amuse. On the Golden Age. May 18, 2016. A cranky-but-hopeful political thought for the day:. Certainly not in my lifetime. I suppose we were on the right side in WWII, but a war fought in defense of life and liberty hardly qualifies as a moral Everest. How about the Depression? The period of Westward expansion, with its slaughters of Native Americans and rampant lawlessness? The Civil War era? View all posts by sschwartzoak. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. On the P...
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May 2015 – My Outer Marat
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Thoughts That Might Scandalize, Horrify, or Amuse. Repent, Torturer, said the Ticktockbomb… on Torture, Anarchist Justice, and Responsibility. A recent discussion brought up the morality of torture, with its familiar explanation — the ticking time bomb. While I think this document. More than adequately lays out the arguments against the usefulness of the ticking time bomb (TTB), it did open up one question for me that ties in to some of my concerns about anarchist justice*. What if the state authorized t...
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Some Thoughts on Political Tactics, Including Possibly Safety Pins – My Outer Marat
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Thoughts That Might Scandalize, Horrify, or Amuse. Some Thoughts on Political Tactics, Including Possibly Safety Pins. November 16, 2016. 2) It is much easier to wipe out a monoculture than a variegated pattern; if they do not know where the next attack, the next subversion, the next intervention, the next deflection is coming from, the less they can prepare for it. Just do *something*. The more effective strategies will become clear in time, and there is always something new to try. Fill in your details...
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Message Fic, and the Irregular Conjugation of the Adjective – My Outer Marat
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Thoughts That Might Scandalize, Horrify, or Amuse. Message Fic, and the Irregular Conjugation of the Adjective. August 30, 2016. August 30, 2016. In a discussion of Naomi Kritzer’s Hugo-winning “Cat Pictures, Please! 8221;, a commentator made this argument, in reference to Kritzer including the following line:. The legitimate studies all have the same conclusions. (1) Gay men stay gay. (2) Out gay men are much happier. In itself, retrofitting isn’t bad. Christian authors do this all the time, b...I do no...
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August 2016 – My Outer Marat
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Thoughts That Might Scandalize, Horrify, or Amuse. On John C. Wright on Ted Chiang’s “Hell is the Absence of God”, with notes on reading SF. In a recent post. John C. Wright reposted his essay on Ted Chiang’s “Hell is the Absence of God”, which, according to Mr. Wright, led him away from atheism. His personal religious journey aside, let us examine Mr. Wright’s claims about Hell is the Absence of God , and see what it suggests to us about how to read SF. The worst attempt at Christian SF. I think I am no...
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Message Fic, and the Irregular Conjugation of the Adjective – My Outer Marat
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Thoughts That Might Scandalize, Horrify, or Amuse. Message Fic, and the Irregular Conjugation of the Adjective. August 30, 2016. August 30, 2016. In a discussion of Naomi Kritzer’s Hugo-winning “Cat Pictures, Please! 8221;, a commentator made this argument, in reference to Kritzer including the following line:. The legitimate studies all have the same conclusions. (1) Gay men stay gay. (2) Out gay men are much happier. In itself, retrofitting isn’t bad. Christian authors do this all the time, b...I do no...
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When I Was Your Twitter Man – Playbookutunu
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Stories about life with a bit of humor. All the time. When I Was Your Twitter Man. December 28, 2013. Sits down at guitar* *wipes tear*. Same TL but it feels just a little bit filthier now. Our tweets on the TL but it don’t sound the same. When my followers mention you all it does is just tear me down, ’cause my heart breaks a little when I see your handle. It all just seems like yee yee yeeyee ye yeeeee. Too young too dumb to realise that. I should have retweed your tweet, and faved it too. Do all the t...
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May 2015 – Playbookutunu
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Stories about life with a bit of humor. All the time. Much ado about pounded. May 24, 2015. Image: Lovlies.wordpress.com. Hey guys, Niro here to do a little house keeping and make sure you guys are still as awesome as ever seeing as the premier league just ended and some of us are headed for an excruciating period without football. Today’s post was powered by malaria drugs, fried rice and chicken and might have contained violent language, but the key thing to remember is something my friend always ...
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