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Nefarious Nonsense: Postmodernism from Sokal to Peterson

2 Apr 2021 32 minute read 0 comments Maximilian Brichta

“We’ve been publicly funding extremely radical, postmodern leftist thinkers who are hellbent on demolishing the fundamental substructure of Western civilization. And that’s no paranoid delusion. That’s their self-admitted goal,” proclaims University...

You Are Not Your Limitations, It's a Test! You are really...

2 Apr 2021 3 minute read 1 comment Cameronomnia

        Everyone Has limitations. We all acknowledge what our own limits are every day that we choose to remain in our habitual patterns of behavior.In my own study confronting what my limited ways of thinking are I discovered that though I have had...

On the Absurdity of a Robot Takeover

2 Apr 2021 10 minute read 1 comment hrdiaz

The Matrix, starring Keanu Reaves, is often remembered for its visual and narratival presentation of some of the most unsettling of perennial philosophical questions, all of which primarily center around epistemology. How does one know anything? How...

Should the Law on Assisted Suicide/Euthanasia be Reformed?

1 Apr 2021 12 minute read 0 comments CryptoCelt97

Intro   The idyllic death for most is a peaceful descent brought about by old age. Not all get this option as they are plagued by intense mental or physical deterioration, resulting in them wanting to end their life or get their treatment discontinue...

Ernst Cassirer: The Last Philosopher of Culture (Summary: Ch 1-3)

31 Mar 2021 5 minute read 0 comments Maximilian Brichta

In the first three chapters of Ernst Cassirer: The Last Philosopher of Culture, Skidelski offers a contextualization of Cassirer’s philosophy by outlining the tensions that the Marburg school (which Cassirer was trained) and the prevailing philosophi...

The Spiral of Silence And Intellectual Politics

30 Mar 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Maximilian Brichta

        Noelle-Neumann's spiral theory starts with the assumption that social belonging is more important than the perceived ability to express one’s own judgment. A sense of fear or insecurity about one’s own capacity to make judgements can arise fr...

Albert Einstein: Imagination and energy

29 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments hermesmensageiro

Watch the 4-minute video via Albert Einstein: Imagination and energy   Hello, how are you? Have you ever allowed a simple criticism of someone or a group of people to take away your focus and destroy your dream? Did you know that Albert Einstein, one...

Right And Left Politics

29 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Cordelia L Rochie

We've probably seen headlines like: The Death of the Political Left or the Political Extreme Right. The terms Right and Left are often heard. But what does left and left politics really mean? The terms Right or Left Wing were first used in 1789 in Fr...

What can be Done When a Country's Military Starts Slaughtering Civilians: Part 1

29 Mar 2021 3 minute read 1 comment Cje95

This is the first part of a series of articles I am going to write about the ongoing crisis in Myanmar. While initially, I was going to just write about the ongoing coup the story of this country and its unique societal structure require a more in-de...

WAX Do Not Understand What NFTs Are

27 Mar 2021 2 minute read 0 comments aaaaaaaaaa

On Friday this week, the Leonard Nimoy Digital collectibles were released on the Worldwide Asset eXchange (WAX). The initial offerings were 'Standard Packs' with 10 'shards' and 'Mega Packs' with 30 'shards', priced at $10 and $25 respectively. Ther...