Pandora's Box 7

Whenever one says something, even if it is a lie, it is believed to be true on some level.

This is especially true when dealing with new subjects.  For example, if one wishes to learn a new skill, it is easy to control their beliefs in that area because they have absolutely nothing to rely on for truth.  So watch people.  If you want to pick them apart, wait until they are about to start something new.  Take advantage of it.  Soon these people will fear trying new things.

Wonderful, no?

Fruits of Research 2: Sex=XXX=3 Kisses?

Note: I understand that philosophy becomes quite... dry.  And eventually I shall learn to make it more eloquent.  But if you knew my current English situation, I'm sure you'd understand.

"And you are engaged, sir?"

"Of course.  I love [name deleted]."

"So you have experienced 'love'?"

"Of course."

"Being an experienced man, is there anything you can tell other men about 'love'?"

"...Well... I can't describe it.  It's perfect."

Perhaps it's true.  Perhaps he is in "love".  But obviously this must be a secret or something indescribable by an experienced source.  Of course, I have no idea what it is, and becoming more "emotionally sterile" each day, it might not matter.  But what is it?

I'll try.  It's two things: Instinct and Morality.

On instinct, at least for men, "love" is merely the human drive to reproduce manifested in the search for the strongest human match.  Of course, that involves various "anomalies", but we can assume that there is a general consensus on what is "strong".  Anything else is either a new instinct being formed in human evolution for the good of the population or a failed experiment of the gene-pool.

On morality, refer to David Hume's Ought and Is.  Ought is the stuff you see in the movies.  I ask of you to lower your standards.  Is is reality, the one that we experience.  There is no "falling in love at first sight".  There is no situation where both people fall in love at once.  We were not built so perfectly.  Morality is a system.  Love is a system.  Like other systems, there is no hope beyond breaking it.

Pandora's Box 6

Once again I am late.  This time I was at debate, so I have a decent excuse.

In the process of emotionally crippling people, I think it's important to make that person feel insignificant.  This makes them weaker and makes others seem stronger in comparison.  One way is to not use resources on that person.  For example, don't spend much time trying to hurt them.  Remember that quality beats quantity.  Time, if assumed a resource, makes the person feel as if they are not worth a lot of time, and thus, not worth a lot at all.  The same goes for other "resources".

Finals Week(s) is the best time to write blog entries

Note: I talk way to much about metaphysics in this blog.  Don't worry.  It doesn't make too much sense to me either.

I guess I'll talk about foresight.  To quote Dr. Pixton: You'd like that right?!?

Foresight results from experience.

And I know what you're going to think.  Yes, you can plan for something that you've never experienced the same way that they sell umbrellas in Southern California.  But the truth is that you've already experienced it in your mind.  I already imagined that you would think that.  Therefore, I wrote this.  Perhaps this would make more sense.

Foresight results from consideration.

If you simply consider something, part of you believes it happened.  Every part of you prepares for something you've thought about before.  This is what makes dreams so amazing.  While your first degree being doesn't think much of it, your body is preparing, preparing for the gold, the ghosts, the ghastly waves, the paralysis, the experience.  Unfortunately, human society's dominance of the wild unpredictability of nature has taken away many experiences, making your body's preparation for dreams pointless...

Procrastination Chain

One thing leads to the next.

First I decide to take a break on myspace (yeah I know... I use it.) to take a bulletin quiz or something.  Next thing I know, I'm looking at an advertisement for perfume.  Normally, this wouldn't bother me.  However, there was a label that came with the perfume...

Twilight.

Really?  Perfume?  I guess it was somewhat humorous when Harry Potter had its own jelly beans... but perfume?

While I applaud Stephanie Meyer for her exploitation of American capitalism and consumer slavery, I have to say this needs to stop.  Books need to stay in the libraries.  We all know no one's gonna give a damn in five years, so go read Jane Eyre.  This is disgusting.

Pandora's Box 5

I guess girls at all-girl schools get this, along with countless other tactics... but I just figured it out.

These young women are constantly fighting each other.  Whenever they find that they hate someone, they start telling rumors to their alleged friends.  This dehumanizes their enemies, just as the Nazis did with the Jews.  By doing so, they hope to make the rest of the people turn against their enemies by stripping them of respect.

Racism of Thought

Has anyone considered that we've been trained to value the body over the mind?  We've been trained to think that it's wrong to be racist or make comments about people's physical appearance, but that it's fine to attack other people's ideas and thoughts.  While we can't say racial slurs, it's totally alright to say stuff like "commie".  It shows that by defending our appearance over our thoughts, we care much more about people's bodies than their ideas.

Yes, ideas are part of the mind, but the point is that our society promotes shallowness.