Carnal Reason

Because she shines a light into weird dark places I am curious about, like the human heart.

Posted on July 5th, 2006 by pwyll
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Virtue is a habit. The man who is scrupulously honest in the smallest matters learns to be honest in all matters. The man unwilling to fight for his sacred symbols is simply unwilling to fight.
… the Church of England is considering rejecting England’s patron saint St George on the grounds that his image is too [...]

Posted on July 5th, 2006 by pwyll
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As much as programmers like to argue about which is the best computer language and such, the real reason lies elsewhere. Daniel Hillis explains it in a nutshell, via New Computer Architectures and Their Relationship to Physics:
In the physical universe, the effect that one event has upon another tends to decrease with the distance in [...]

Posted on July 3rd, 2006 by pwyll
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Zombies are not just movie fodder. They feature prominently in certain philosophical discussions about consciousness. Naturally, such discussions lead inevitably to song. The following is set to the tune of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now”. Via Philosophy Songs
Two Sides Now
Folds of lobes beneath the hair
reuptake serotonin there—
C fibers firing everywhere—
I’ve thought of brains that [...]

Posted on July 3rd, 2006 by pwyll
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