Archive for February, 2008

A BIG FUCKING DEAL

Posted on February 6, 2008. Filed under: Old Stuff |

Most of us, I think, know a little bit about the ZTE scandal—I say a bit because most of those government officials in the know have steadfastly refused to shed any light on the matter.
Two men, Romulo Neri—former secretary of NEDA—and the man [...]

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A very breif review of some atheistic arguments

Posted on February 4, 2008. Filed under: Old Stuff | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Let’s take some time to review some a posteriori arguments against god.
You’ve probably heard the “who created the creator?” argument, or, as Richard Dawkins calls it, the Ultimate Boeing 747 Gambit.  This argument uses the logic of the teleological argument for god against theism.  Basically it says that a being such as an animal must [...]

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The Very Noodle of the Appendage

Posted on February 2, 2008. Filed under: Old Stuff | Tags: , , |

            There is a very old philosophical problem that asks us whether or not we can judge the evidence of our eyes.  If you’ve seen The Matrix, you may have asked yourself whether or not you would know if you were trapped within such an illusion.  The answer is, of course, that you probably would [...]

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