The myriad parameters to support human life are nearly all emergent. Look out in the night sky. How many stars do you see? (In the suburbs, maybe 2000). How many of those are actually galaxies? About a dozen. How many planets can you see? 5. How many stars do our telescopes see, in the Milky read more
Category Archives: Philosophy
Goal Oriented Behavior – July 2009
August 25, 2011 – 22:38
I stumbled across this while going through old emails. It was originally addressed to Austin Brown. I have not edited it since I found it, it is posted as is from July 2009. Homo Sapiens is, to it’s knowledge, only unique in it’s ability to make value judgments on it’s actions in the world. Many read more
Revenge: Faith and Science
September 30, 2007 – 10:00
Dichotomy in modern tragedy Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and William Shakespeare’s Hamlet are two revenge stories which present a twist on classic Aristotelian tragedy. The dichotomy in the titular characters’ tragic flights, one based on faith, the other on logic, especially emphasize that choices, not fate, which rule the modern tragic protagonist. Frankenstein’s fall, and need read more