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Friday, April 16, 2010

Architecture and Teleology

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College number 17. After a week hopping states on the East coast, I finished up my spring break visiting the colleges in northern California...

On Blogging

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The human obsession of justification only continues in our narcissistic quest to blog. Maybe some people just want to write out their souls...
Sunday, April 11, 2010

Treatise on Human Potential II: Ethics

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Even in today's postmodern world, most people claim that their morality is given to some sort of higher consideration. Yet these "...
Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Vulcan Fortress

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I shall betray the Y chromosome by writing this, but the men of my age are so worthless I couldn't care if an emotional Holocaust beset ...
Monday, March 29, 2010

Treatise on Human Potential Part I: Language

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Shortly after writing this, I, like many others, will face a committee in an attempt to justify myself through the imperfections of human la...
Friday, March 19, 2010

Heroic journey

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Today, for the sixth time, I was told to "suck it up". The first five times, I arrived at false conclusions, believing that I had...
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

The Nightmare

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Oh who cares about my reputation anymore? Good morning. I couldn't tell. It could be midnight or dawn but I couldn't tell. Above, ...
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An Attempt at Defining the "Me"

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For the purpose of this writing, "subject" means the individual human being. To define myself or another being, it is necessary to deny the notions of human "souls" or "personalities" that dwell within the body. Instead, we must look at humans as machines, functioning with chemical reactions that create the illusions of thought and emotion. Therefore, the mere concept of the inner subject cannot refer to a human creature. The subject instead refers to something that does not exist in the human. But in its nonexistence, the human subject has all the potential possible to be whatever it wishes without the actual desire. And it can apply, though feels no reason to, to both me and you. The subject that is me can be yours.
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