Thu 21 May, 2009 02:49 pm - [quote]Why? Why do [i]bad[/i] things happen to good people?[/quote]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Coto51k2rHY[/youtube]
I say this all the time to lighten the mood, often my own. :) (view)
Tue 19 May, 2009 11:06 am - Einstein said something along the lines of, "reality is an illusion, albeit a persistent one". There's also this idea of a mirage and in what sense it's illusion. That sense is... (view)
Sun 17 May, 2009 05:38 pm - I don't know about five books, I'll have to give that more thought but one did immdiately spring to mind, [i]The Perennial Philosophy[/i] by Aldous Huxley. I remember being blown away by... (view)
Sun 17 May, 2009 05:16 pm - There's a loose analogy that is sometimes made between the process of life and the relationship with ego that is connected with feedback systems and it is that of a thermostat. So with a... (view)
Fri 15 May, 2009 11:50 am - OK, "you do" intrigues me. It seems to me we can just as easily and correctly suggest the sun has a habit of rotating the earth around it, the coffee has a habit of being bought and... (view)
Fri 15 May, 2009 08:44 am - There's this idea of territory and maps isn't there, and how life, while in representational "form" is nothing but an infinite regress of maps with the territory never being... (view)
Fri 15 May, 2009 08:23 am - Question: If the laws define action, in what way can it be said that I possess a habit? It would seem just as reasonable to suggest the laws possess habits? (view)
Thu 14 May, 2009 06:30 am - Watchmen the graphic novel. Couple of chapters in so far, really enjoying it. Interesting coming to it after seeing the film though. I also have 'The Death of Superman' & 'The... (view)
