A menu for goodness can provide adequate sustenance only if the words feed the soul of the person who consumes it. So what’s wrong with just being nice?
Pure Niceness, Complex Niceness and Genuinity
Some people have ill intentions and all have the capacity for barbarism - but some also have consciences and ALL have a heart
The Wonderful Taoism of Oz – the Journey, the Enchanted Place and Genuinity
An illumination of some of the key elements of Taoism using the iconic film The Wizard of Oz as a guide
Bandersnatch, Free Will and Genuinity: the Philosophical Implications of Netflix’s Latest Big Hit
A philosophical examination of Charlie Brooker’s Netflix choose-your-own-adventure experience
A Collection of Final Thoughts… Science, Silliness and the Nucleus of Niceness – Part 10
I had a few bits and pieces left over from various note-taking and thought-scribing sessions, so I collected them together into this final piece. Thanks for reading - I hoped you enjoyed the series. Keep your eyes peeled for more pieces to come on a variety of different philosophical themes. Thoughts on god I’m not … Continue reading A Collection of Final Thoughts… Science, Silliness and the Nucleus of Niceness – Part 10
One Fine Man, His Awesome Arrows and Why it’s Okay to be Wrong: Science, Silliness and the Nucleus of Niceness – Part 9
Hopefully by now, if you’ve read any of my previous eight blog posts on our wonderful, mysterious universe, you are beginning to appreciate how bizarre existence truly is. The universe is weird - nature is odd. Life is random and unpredictable (not always entirely, but usually impossible to completely pin down or understand). Everything seems … Continue reading One Fine Man, His Awesome Arrows and Why it’s Okay to be Wrong: Science, Silliness and the Nucleus of Niceness – Part 9
Culture, Criticism and Delta – Making a Case for the Mumfords
Are Mumford and Sons really that bad? Why it’s okay to be critical - as long as you’re constructive
The Limits of Our Technical and Mechanical Apparatus – Science, Silliness and the Nucleus of Niceness – Part 8
I wrote in the previous part of this series of blog posts about the limits of our objectivity, and illuminated some of my thoughts on how our mental apparatus might be hampering us in our quest for progress, both scientifically speaking and in terms of general living standards. And I’d like to just take a … Continue reading The Limits of Our Technical and Mechanical Apparatus – Science, Silliness and the Nucleus of Niceness – Part 8
The Limits of Our Objectivity: Science, Silliness and the Nucleus of Niceness – Part 7
We can only perceive the world as our mental apparatus allows us to do so. Immanuel Kant explored this notion in great depth in his three immense critiques (Pure Reason, Practical Reason and Judgment). He separated phenomena (what we actually see and experience) and noumena (that which we can’t see or penetrate but exists independently … Continue reading The Limits of Our Objectivity: Science, Silliness and the Nucleus of Niceness – Part 7
