by Carl Howard | Jan 28, 2009 | Atheism and Religion, Atrocities and Oppression, Blog Topics, Links, Spirituality
The idea of killing for inner peace isn’t as preposterous as it sounds. Or rather, it IS as preposterous as it sounds but not as uncommon as it seems. A great example comes from that Source of All Worldly Wisdom: the Simpsons. Here, Springfield stumbles onto what...
by Carl Howard | Nov 21, 2008 | Atrocities and Oppression, Blog Topics, Ethics, Race, Society
Racism is often attributed solely to the political right. Sure, there’s a lot of right-wing racists. But there’s a lot of racism on the left too. Yes it’s usually more subtle. But I wouldn’t assume that the left has a much lower percentage of racists than the right....
by Carl Howard | Sep 8, 2008 | Atrocities and Oppression, Blog Topics, Ethics, Philosophy, Science and Skepticism
You’re driving 6km over the limit, get pulled over and receive a ticket for $2,500,000,000,000. You go to court. “I plead guilty, but what’s with the typo?” “Typo?” asks the judge. “It says I’ve been fined $2.5 trillion.” “You have.” You start swearing & are...
by Carl Howard | Apr 27, 2008 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Society
It’s very common for people to think the world is getting more violent. See some online examples here. Nothing could be more wrong: The best talk about this Pinker’s: violence has been steadily decreasing for the last few hundred years Surges like the the USA 60s...
by Carl Howard | Apr 21, 2008 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Science and Skepticism, Spirituality
Mysticism is typically associated with peace: Mother Teresa is considered the ultimate mystic/ascetic/saint in modern mythology (however this is bullshit). There are of course older archetypes like Francis of Assissi Mysticism is seen as a “more advanced” version of a...
