Category: Metaphysics

Where Naturalism and Supernaturalism Agree

The Naturalist and Supernaturalist both believe in some ultimate, Basic Fact. The difference lies in their division. The Supernaturalist divides everything into two classes: 1. the class of things (or one thing) which is ultimate and basic, and 2. those things which are derivative from the first class. The Naturalist places everything in the first class. The [...]

Saturday December 11th, 2010 in Metaphysics | No Comments »

Comedy is Presumption

We laugh at things when we can’t articulate them. We laugh because we know something is true, but perhaps we can’t explain why. Comedy is antisocial in that you are having trouble coping with the absurdity of everybody.  It only becomes a social activity when we have hope that somebody will understand the stupidity of humanity. It [...]

Sunday October 3rd, 2010 in Metaphysics | No Comments »

Darwin’s Denial of Dynamics (False Hope)

Hope is great. I want to be hopeful about my future in this life and the life after. But false hope is not great; false hope is evil. (Don’t read this post if you have blissful hope in human progress and the inexorable continuation of life). Consider these three laws of energy: 1. The Law of Conservation, [...]

Saturday September 11th, 2010 in Metaphysics, Wisdom | No Comments »