Sunday, October 02, 2005

12 Uncalled-for Aphorisms

I. Philosophy is the path between two gods: the discarded patriarchial lout on the one end, and the encouraging and somewhat comforting construct of ultimate metaphysical vagueness on the other.

II. Even though I can't stop my endocrine system from pumping hormones into my bloodstream, I can swing out my hand and disperse a flock of sparrows foraging on the lawn.

III. Our goal has always been to endure and to build systems that point to enduring above when we actually endure beyond.

IV. The greatest proofs are proofs by disanalogy. We may die the death of a thousand counterexamples but we still feel like we could salvage the meat of it.

V, Of course vegetarianism is about feeling moral superiority!

VI. "Aphorism" is synonymous with "apophthegm". I assure you I did not make a typo.

VII. If you ever need demonstration of the inadequacy of consciousness as a driving force in human life, take a good look at a bad actor. When every muscle in the face is consciously being told what the "look" of a given emotion is, when the voice is overmodulated by didactic neocortical input, when all these things happen: behold the silly little puppet strung inadequately!

VIII. Nature does not care. It endures, but without enduring beyond.

IX. Unprincipled distinctions make you look both learned and wise.

X. The skeptical challenge can salvage any counterargument.

XI. A socialist newspaper is a wonderful piece of unintentional humour.

XII. The human mind reacts against bureaucracy. It reacts, but it endures. I think this is very telling.

On Yet Another Shirt: "There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't."

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