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[15 Jan 2009|11:51am] |
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A fundamental property of all life is the preference of similar forms to that of dissimilar forms, no way around this programming of nature. No wonder we are all more racist than we think we are.
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[10 Nov 2008|02:18pm] |
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Just applied to be the Obama administrations chief science advisor.
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[08 Oct 2008|12:29pm] |
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The major achievement of humanity which has directly led to our current success has been our ability to communicate and thus socialize and cooperate in a highly effective manner. There will come a point when a single mind is no longer capable to producing anything original or useful and only a collection of minds can be productive. A natural barrier to this evolutionary step is the selfishness and greed that exists in all humans. Capitalism encourages greed and selfishness (and individuality) and thus enforces this barrier, our society will not progress under capitalism, we will hit a steady state at equilibrium and die off rather quickly. Communism doesn't work either because it has cracks in it where greed and selfishness are allowed to take root and ultimately the underlying principals of communism very quickly get destroyed. The only solution as I see it is to change the very nature of humans, there was a time when looking out for yourself did benefit your self. This time is coming to a close, our self is now increasingly dependent on society as a whole.
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[04 Sep 2008|02:53pm] |
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I believe that if one decides to impose ones moral beliefs on another regarding the birth of their child, that person must then be willing to involve ones self beyond the birth as well. All too often I notice that pro-lifers demand the protection of a life inside the womb, but once the child exits the womb that protection ends and the parent is all alone. Not all children are born to wealthy and functional familes, some families are ill equiped for raising a child, pro-lifers seem to prefer the slow death of a child to the merci-killing of a fetus. The argument that the parent should not have put themselves or a child into the situation in the first place is not always valid, nor is it retroactive, the argument alone does not prevent what has happened from happening. That said, I believe that in order for pro-lifers to be logically consistant they must be willing to collectively, along with the parent, support the child up to adulthood. And the answer is not through church based social services, the services provided must be secular.
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[27 Aug 2008|11:40am] |
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I want to be able to control with my mind all that is beyond the extent of my physical body. This should be possible: all is one in the interconnected wholeness of the universe. I would gladly allow my body to atrophy and become vestigial in order to accomplish this feat.
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[06 Aug 2008|12:35pm] |
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I fear that if I ever identified what it is that keeps me going it would not survive the scrutiny of my logic. I should spare it from this death, the best way to nurture this driving force will be to keep it hidden.
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[21 Jul 2008|02:31pm] |
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Imagine these two scenarios. You take the current state of your mind and replicate it to form another mind (biological or not), while simultaneously destroying the original. Now compare this process to something a little more subtle but with exactly the same affect: Slowly replacing parts of you mind with artificial components that behave exactly as the original biological components (instead of replacing the entire mind at once, doing it piecewise by destroying parts and replacing with new parts. Interestingly this is what our mind goes through naturally). Most would say that the latter would result in a seamless transition that the mind would not notice whereas the former would certainly be noticed and not as seamless. Why should these two processes be experienced in two different ways when in fact they are essentially identical?
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[09 Jun 2008|10:48am] |
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yay, its like a snow day today. except its in the summer and there is no snow. The places Heather and I work at are without power today, and people cannot work without computers and computers cannot work without power.
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| The difference: |
[15 May 2008|01:26pm] |
The difference is that the Deniers, if they had it their way and they end up being wrong, then the world will be inhospitable to humans. If the Alarmists had it THEIR way and THEY end up being wrong, we will be left with a cleaner and healthier planet, a whole new market sector devoted to green technology, and a better way of managing the finite amount of resources available locally.
The thing is, change is hard, it takes work. Humans resist self-motivated change naturally, in fact all living things do (Because self-motivated change is a uniquely human trait). Change occurs only when those who fail to change when it is necessary die, and the others adapt and live. Its very basic, nature exerts a pressure of some kind and living things either react by changing into different living things or by turning into dead things, thats the reaction to natures action. It is not responsible for humans, who now have the power of foresight, to sit idle and await natures action. We have the power to react prior to the action. Obviously our understanding of nature is limited, and in fact likely not close to being complete. But we must work with the tools of understanding we have developed now, and with the differences stated above it is extremely irresponsible and supremely harmful to be a Denier.
The motivation for being an Alarmist is to save the world for humanity.
The motivation for being a Denier is to save wealth for the self, and laziness.
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[26 Apr 2008|05:12pm] |
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Apartment building next to mine burnt down because some asshole doesnt know how to grill. wtg humans! theres a reason why theres only a handful of you fuckers i trust.
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[15 Apr 2008|12:02pm] |
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i've never been rickrolled, this disappoints me.
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[22 Mar 2008|11:47pm] |
I hate that my ability to love exists in such a vulnerable region of my brain.
also....
"For what use is there in praying
If you will only hear what you want to hear?"
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[13 Mar 2008|10:03am] |
Have we learned nothing from the legend Will Smith?
We are doomed
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[02 Jan 2008|04:03pm] |
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Im updating today because it is wednesday.
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[06 Oct 2007|02:29am] |
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Im in canada now. on vacation. i plan on doing as little as possible on this vacation. last night i saw Brad Paisley, Rodney Atkins and Taylor Swift. That was fun. in december i am going to see Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, devil driver and soilwork. That will be pretty fun too. ha! understatement.
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[22 Mar 2007|03:58pm] |
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i need a numbering system for random spatial data that preserves a general west to east then north to south pattern with a level of looseness in this tendency that is determined by clustering behavior.
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| what i have learned |
[06 Mar 2007|10:14am] |
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it is easier to query the number zero than an empty cell. also it is easier to quarry rock over babies, why? because where are you going to find a pit full of babies?
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[07 Feb 2007|09:30am] |
what am i doing right now?
it would appear i am traveling along my fixed worldline and recording events, but then appearances can be deceiving.
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[15 Nov 2006|09:59am] |
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Happy birthday Josh!
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