by Carl Howard | Oct 16, 2014 | Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, Race
A few weeks ago, the intertubes went abuzz with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s latest case of foot-in-mouth disease. Here’s the now-infamous quote [source]: Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity Alongside this, Facebook tightened the...
by Carl Howard | Oct 13, 2014 | Blog Topics, Ethics, Philosophy, Sex
f you keep a moral belief only because of moral disgust (meaning it’s unjustified), it’s therapeutic to at least acknowledge it. I have a belief that [consensual] incest is disgusting and wrong. The paradox is that I know this is false, that there’s absolutely no...
by Carl Howard | Aug 27, 2014 | Philosophy, Science and Skepticism
This was the last event I went to at Sydney Science Festival and definitely the hardest for laypeople like me to wrap their minds around. I’ll try keep it super-simple! (Yeah right.) Quantum computing with Stephanie Simmons (UNSW) There’s a lot of hype in the media...
by Carl Howard | Aug 25, 2014 | Biases and Fallacies, Charity and Philanthropy, Ethics, Resources, Food and Environment
If you’re reading this, you have access to the internet and this means you’ve heard (lots) about the ice bucket challenge. I won’t even describe it other than to mention that the amount of money it has raised is over $50M as of August 22. Given that about half of the...
by Carl Howard | Aug 19, 2014 | Atheism and Religion, Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, History, Philosophy, Society
[CN: Existentialism; emo] Ok, this is probably the most personal (and rambling) post I’ve written so if you don’t want to read the musings of a 30 year old that could well sound like the emo diary of a 15 year old, you know what to do… I’m a pretty curious person. I’m...
by Carl Howard | Aug 12, 2014 | Biases and Fallacies, Ethics, Resources, Food and Environment, Society
There are some serious problems with the world’s economic system. This can’t really be denied unless you’re even much further right than say Tony Abbott. Three major intertwined issues are: global poverty the unsustainability of how we make, consume and dispose of...
