Is Nothing Something?
What is nothing? I know it seems obvious. Nothing is the lack of things. It's…
Philosophy
Philosophy
A Different Take on Do You Hear What I Hear
The other day, I wrote a post about the song "Do You Hear What I…
Philosophy
Could Socrates Be an Alligator?
Photo by Simon Watkinson on Unsplash There's a very simple answer to the titular question…
Philosophy
Types of Inflation
Photo by regularguy.eth on Unsplash Most everybody knows what inflation is or, at least, has…
Philosophy
A Look at ‘The Sunny Nihilist: A Declaration of the Pleasure of Pointlessness’ by Wendy Syfret
Not long ago, I bought a copy of The Sunny Nihilist: A Declaration of the…
Language
Philosophy
Turns Out Knowingness Is a Word, and a Useful Word at That
Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash Knowingness is, "a posture of always ‘already knowing’, of…
Philosophy
Politics
The Genetic Fallacy and the Culture War
Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash The culture war is a veritable bonanza of logical…
Philosophy
Society
Repenters, Repressors, and PoC Intelligentsia
Photo by Mike Von on Unsplash Liam Kofi Bright wrote a fascinating article called "White…
Language
Philosophy
A Third Post on ChatGPT
Photo by DeepMind on Unsplash The first two posts are here and here. Yesterday I…
Language
Philosophy
Some Thoughts on ChatGPT
Photo by Andrea De Santis on Unsplash Everyone seems to be freaking out about Large…