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So here’s the deal, we’ve been here a while doing great things and…eh things, but there’s always been that trickling or gushing concern about why.
We’re amazing, when you stop to think about it, the things I can think and do are staggering, I’m constantly in awe of the fact that I can wiggle my fingers. But why?
It’s often (and beautifully, seriously, watch that) suggested that it’s the journey and not the destination that’s important, and while I can wholeheartedly agree that this experience is amazing and worthwhile in itself, there are other beings equal in every way to myself whose lives are filled only with pain and hunger. If there is a creature somewhere, lining up dominoes of lives and be-ings, that’s just cruel.
Didn’t find any odd IP’s in the logs, so I’m not sure if you’re subscribed, but there’s been a slew of these “open letters” recently and maybe they work for something.
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Conscious Conversation: Computation
This interview is part of a series exploring what different people think about consciousness. The plan is to pose the same basic question to people of different backgrounds (philosophers, religious...
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State of the Species
My fellow humans, we’ve come a long way. Throughout our brief history on earth, we’ve tried to come to terms with a remarkable ability, its source, and what best to do with it. Through relatively...
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Conscious Conversation: Science
This interview is the first of a series exploring what different people think about consciousness. The plan is to pose the same basic question to people of different backgrounds (philosophers,...
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On Subjectivity
Science places a heavy emphasis on the objectivity of the physical world. As a result, consciousness, and specifically its subjective aspect, is often understandably ignored. What interests us is not...
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Just Animated Stardust
“Through science, we human beings are able to grasp at least some of nature’s secrets. We have cracked part of the cosmic code. Why this should be, just why Homo sapiens should carry the spark of...
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Prodigious Savants and their Abilities
Savant syndrome, a condition occurring most often in autistic patients, is a rare disorder where mentally retarded individuals have incredible abilities in isolated fields like memory, mathematics,...
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Why Medicine Again?
Medicine isn’t what it used to be. I’ve talked to alot of physicians, researchers and residents recently and I’m not encouraged by what I’ve heard. What seems to motivate many...
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What of the Soul?
I received a question recently that asked what I thought about the existence of a soul given the relative secularity of most of the content on this site. Soul, Mind, whatever you call it refers...
