Something that has existed since, well, probably forever (even though this paragraph originally started 'Something that's become more and more of a problem...', it's almost certainly been an forever), is the problem of intellectual laziness. If you've only glanced at a complicated topic, something that people have doctorates in, have written long books about, have [...]
I'm not one of those people who are glued to book reviews and clamoring to read the latest thing, despite my profession. I prefer to give books a bit of time to age, and to see if it's just going to be a flash in the pan that no one will care about in a [...]
Chapter Four: Calypso Leopold Bloom was eating breakfast at his house at 7 Eccles St., at about 8 am, in Dublin, Ireland, on Thursday July 16th, 1904. He was eating meat. Kidney was his favorite. He liked the taste of urine that the kidney had. He gave some to his cat. The cat was very [...]
Here is a paragraph from near the beginning of De la Grammatologie, translated by Google: Whatever one thinks under this heading, the problem of language has probably never been a problem among others. But never as much as today has he invaded as such the world horizon of the most diverse researches and discourses the most [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq7WE6WiPoA Revenge of the Sith is not the best Star Wars movie. It has wonderful visuals, an interesting story, and some really nice action sequences, but it is bogged down by some strange directorial choices, some odd dialogue choices, and the occasional poor acting performance. Backstroke of the West, on the otherhand, is just [...]
Let's check with some ethical systems to see how this plays out... Aristotle: It is a realization of a person's true nature to punch Nazis, and punching them brings happiness and contentment. This is the right thing to do, at the right time, to the right person, to the proper extent, in the correct fashion, [...]
Literal Machines 