Philosophy
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Suppose you are a mad scientist performing experiments in your basement and you discover a drug that cures cancer. Do you have a moral obligation to share it with the rest of the world? What if you just sit on it and keep it to yourself, is that evil? Can the government intervene and force [...]
How did you feel in, say, the year 1810? Whatever your answer, that’s exactly what it feels like to be dead. There, I’ve solved the mystery of the afterlife. I hate to break it to you, dear reader, but you have been dead for the past 13.5 billion years. It was only very recently that [...]
This is a post specifically for my female readers (obviously). Men of course are free to participate in the discussion, I just don’t want them wildly speculating about things they can’t answer. Anyway, for you women, what qualities do you find attractive in a man? Before you answer, I’d like you to keep the following [...]
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What if I said that I hate black people, but it’s not because of the color of their skin, it’s because they play rap music deafeningly loud at 3 AM and I can’t get to sleep. Is that racism? I don’t think so. Believe me, if some white guy was playing Mozart ridiculously loud in [...]
I was talking to a friend of mine yesterday about why women are segregated in sports. For some sports it’s obvious; men are bigger, stronger, faster, taller. Women don’t play football with men because they would be destroyed. Women don’t run marathons with men because they simply can’t keep up. For lots of sports women [...]
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This is going to be a short post because it’s a simple question: do men enjoy sex more than women? I eat ice cream about once a month. There are people out there who eat ice cream every day. It’s reasonable to assume these people enjoy ice cream more than I do, yes? So, if [...]
One of the most popular arguments against gay marriage is that if we legalize gay marriage it’s a slippery slope to legalizing polygamy and beastiality. My response is: so what? People who are in favor of gay marriage are far too quick to dismiss these other forms of non-traditional marriage. Can anybody think of a [...]
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Sometimes I have to force myself to be open-minded. Religious people go door-to-door trying to convert others to their religion, and atheists expend lots of effort trying to get believers to see reason. It’s commonplace for one person to try change the mind of another. But what about changing your own mind? I’m an atheist, [...]
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David Brooks at the New York Times posted an op-ed article entitled “The End of Philosophy”. Unfortunately, he comes off sounding like an idiot. His thesis, if it even exists, is confusing at best, and I have no idea what it has to do with “the end of philosophy” (cue the scary music). His thesis [...]
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