Today, I'm going to change it up.
I want everyone to say what they think about me, sparing no details.
and so that no one thinks I'm going to fight with them on this (I really just want an honest opinion about me) I am going to limit myself to one comment as a sort of closing argument. that's it, i can only make one comment, relatively short, and to the point and not directly rebutting anyone person.
so, here's your chance, If you've got something you want to get off your chest, do it now and just say, in as clear a way as possible.
Edit: I will be making my closing statements on Friday at 17:00, so please say what you have to before then, thanks, james :D
Saturday, February 28, 2009
The Poison...
that's killing America. back when our founding fathers created our country, they founded off of 2 values. these two values, the Aristotelian Democratic values and their christian values, were against each other. In the years since, we have come to understand that these two cannot stand together and eventually one will destroy the other. the sad thing is, the latter is currently winning.
our country has rules that were put in place based on our Aristotelian Tradition, such as, separation of church and state, and freedom of religion. and now, today, we find the Christian God in our pledge of Allegiance and even in our court systems (the Oath).
Why? around the 1950s, this negative stranglehold that the Christian religion has on our country tightened to the breaking point. now, 50 years later, we have the most religious president since the beginning, and I believe that the battle between the two opposing values will be finished with his reign.
that is all
our country has rules that were put in place based on our Aristotelian Tradition, such as, separation of church and state, and freedom of religion. and now, today, we find the Christian God in our pledge of Allegiance and even in our court systems (the Oath).
Why? around the 1950s, this negative stranglehold that the Christian religion has on our country tightened to the breaking point. now, 50 years later, we have the most religious president since the beginning, and I believe that the battle between the two opposing values will be finished with his reign.
that is all
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Wednesday
The three cardinal values of the Objectivist ethics ... are: Reason, Purpose, Self-Esteem, with their three corresponding virtues: Rationality, Productiveness, Pride.-- Ayn Rand
So, I haven't posted much recently (past 2 days)
I'm going to Dupsfest (is that what it's called?) for du reasons, numero uno be Corsair is playing and el dos be that it's for a good cause (WHAT? James and Charity? yes, charity is great)
Finally, a discussion on Laissez-faire capitalism and why we need it.
first off, government intervention is what got us into the trouble we're in in the first place (WHAT? but i thought it was sub-prime mortgages? (Yes, it was, and the government sparked that fire)) so the solution is, what? more government, err, wrong. we need less government.
*but James, won't that mean companies wil die?
yes, and those companies deserve to die (the vast majority, anyways) because they made a huge mistake without thinking of the outcome (Sub-Prime mortgages, Really guys? how unintelligent are you?)
*James, if the government moves out of the way, won't wal~mart rule the world?
No, Wal~Mart has no real power, all they have is a perceived power. if their distributors (or customers) get frustrated and decide to leave, Wal~Mart would die (not like kind of dead, DEAD dead)
*But James, what about the MONOPOLIES???
what kind are we taking about? if were talking about vertical expansion, who cares? other companies could do the same to expand and compete as well. And Horizontal, only works under certain conditions, those conditions being government involvement. (lobbyist of big corporations use the club of the government to cripple their competitors with odd-ball legislation) no one can control enough of a horizontal expansion without the government to do any real harm to the economy.
*But how far are we talking here? how much government gone?
All of it, everything privatized, no more government in the economy. Government would only serve it's purpose of protecting it's citizens. (military, police, court system)
*But wait, wouldn't privatization be EVIL??!!
By what standards? Private schools would be cheap and you could send your child to the school you want based on it's curriculum (not on where you live) and those without children wouldn't be bullied into paying for an education system they're not using. Privatized roads would be more efficient and cost-effective and only the people who use them would have to pay for them (NO MORE GOVERNMENT STEALING)
*BUT, BUT, oh, poopstains.
ok, then? that made very little sense and wasn't actually a question.
*what about the Great Depression, wasn't that caused by free market?
No, a totally free market has never existed in the entire world to this date, and the Great Depression was caused by money speculation of the government during the 1920s (ROARING 20s, the false economic boom after WWI). Free market is the only way for a civilized system to work (nobody should steal from anybody, EVER)
So, I haven't posted much recently (past 2 days)
I'm going to Dupsfest (is that what it's called?) for du reasons, numero uno be Corsair is playing and el dos be that it's for a good cause (WHAT? James and Charity? yes, charity is great)
Finally, a discussion on Laissez-faire capitalism and why we need it.
first off, government intervention is what got us into the trouble we're in in the first place (WHAT? but i thought it was sub-prime mortgages? (Yes, it was, and the government sparked that fire)) so the solution is, what? more government, err, wrong. we need less government.
*but James, won't that mean companies wil die?
yes, and those companies deserve to die (the vast majority, anyways) because they made a huge mistake without thinking of the outcome (Sub-Prime mortgages, Really guys? how unintelligent are you?)
*James, if the government moves out of the way, won't wal~mart rule the world?
No, Wal~Mart has no real power, all they have is a perceived power. if their distributors (or customers) get frustrated and decide to leave, Wal~Mart would die (not like kind of dead, DEAD dead)
*But James, what about the MONOPOLIES???
what kind are we taking about? if were talking about vertical expansion, who cares? other companies could do the same to expand and compete as well. And Horizontal, only works under certain conditions, those conditions being government involvement. (lobbyist of big corporations use the club of the government to cripple their competitors with odd-ball legislation) no one can control enough of a horizontal expansion without the government to do any real harm to the economy.
*But how far are we talking here? how much government gone?
All of it, everything privatized, no more government in the economy. Government would only serve it's purpose of protecting it's citizens. (military, police, court system)
*But wait, wouldn't privatization be EVIL??!!
By what standards? Private schools would be cheap and you could send your child to the school you want based on it's curriculum (not on where you live) and those without children wouldn't be bullied into paying for an education system they're not using. Privatized roads would be more efficient and cost-effective and only the people who use them would have to pay for them (NO MORE GOVERNMENT STEALING)
*BUT, BUT, oh, poopstains.
ok, then? that made very little sense and wasn't actually a question.
*what about the Great Depression, wasn't that caused by free market?
No, a totally free market has never existed in the entire world to this date, and the Great Depression was caused by money speculation of the government during the 1920s (ROARING 20s, the false economic boom after WWI). Free market is the only way for a civilized system to work (nobody should steal from anybody, EVER)
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Big News
on Feb 16th, Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin, Former head of the KGB, warned America against socialism.
here is the quotes: “In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state’s role absolute,” Putin said during a speech at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This lesson cost us dearly. I am sure nobody wants to see it repeated.”
“Nor should we turn a blind eye to the fact that the spirit of free enterprise, including the principle of personal responsibility of businesspeople, investors, and shareholders for their decisions, is being eroded in the last few months. There is no reason to believe that we can achieve better results by shifting responsibility onto the state.”
Putin also cautioned the US against using military Keynesianism to lift its economy out of recession, saying, “in the longer run, militarization won’t solve the problem but will rather quell it temporarily. What it will do is squeeze huge financial and other resources from the economy instead of finding better and wiser uses for them.”
It is very likely that if there is a hell, everybody down there is eating sno-cones and having snow ball fights.
here is the quotes: “In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state’s role absolute,” Putin said during a speech at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “In the long run, this made the Soviet economy totally uncompetitive. This lesson cost us dearly. I am sure nobody wants to see it repeated.”
“Nor should we turn a blind eye to the fact that the spirit of free enterprise, including the principle of personal responsibility of businesspeople, investors, and shareholders for their decisions, is being eroded in the last few months. There is no reason to believe that we can achieve better results by shifting responsibility onto the state.”
Putin also cautioned the US against using military Keynesianism to lift its economy out of recession, saying, “in the longer run, militarization won’t solve the problem but will rather quell it temporarily. What it will do is squeeze huge financial and other resources from the economy instead of finding better and wiser uses for them.”
It is very likely that if there is a hell, everybody down there is eating sno-cones and having snow ball fights.
Friday, February 20, 2009
An eventful Night
to say the least.
First off, I had my second Behind the Wheel, and it was snowing (first time driving in snow, so that was fun)
Second, went to the Benefit, SO Much Kick-assery occurred that it just blows my mind. Corsair was definitely the best, by far (not a close second, like at battle). Clementine has lyrics for some songs, finally, and they are also pulling ahead of the pack.
thirdly, ICE SUCKS! I fell twice tonight, hurting my knees, chin and elbow, so that really sucks.
and that is all.
Edit: I lied, I need to talk about a comment I made a few months ago, about a certain people, Kelsey and Becca.
I would now like to clarify what I meant. I have no problem with Kelsey, I have little problems with Becca, and I have no problem with the two of them when they're around chris. However, the frustration arises when the 2 are together, but without the chris. in this state, they can be a little annoying, but it's ok now.
that is all, for real this time :D
First off, I had my second Behind the Wheel, and it was snowing (first time driving in snow, so that was fun)
Second, went to the Benefit, SO Much Kick-assery occurred that it just blows my mind. Corsair was definitely the best, by far (not a close second, like at battle). Clementine has lyrics for some songs, finally, and they are also pulling ahead of the pack.
thirdly, ICE SUCKS! I fell twice tonight, hurting my knees, chin and elbow, so that really sucks.
and that is all.
Edit: I lied, I need to talk about a comment I made a few months ago, about a certain people, Kelsey and Becca.
I would now like to clarify what I meant. I have no problem with Kelsey, I have little problems with Becca, and I have no problem with the two of them when they're around chris. However, the frustration arises when the 2 are together, but without the chris. in this state, they can be a little annoying, but it's ok now.
that is all, for real this time :D
Sunday, February 15, 2009
First page of a Book (possibly)
I
“-It's entirely unprecedented-”
“-Never before in history-”
“-It's an outrage-”
“-With an increase in riots-”
“-an outrage to the founders-”
“-citizens call for recount-”
“-Congress plans to-”
“-Catastrophe of the century-”
“-calls for reform-”
“-Evils of Electoral-”
“-New President-”
“-not a single popular vote-”
“-Our President is-”
“Derrik!”
The TV clicked off, and the remote came to rest on the steel desk. The small, slender woman in front of the desk looked even smaller when put in the huge empty room. Her short black hair came down to her ears, exposing the smooth white skin of her till it came to an end at her stark gray business suit. Her pants, which were also gray, ended upon her black flat-soled shoes. Her size, comparable to that of a 6th grader, seemed even less when compared to the man sitting in the large chair behind the desk.
A huge tree of a man, whose long golden hair, bound in the back, more than made up for the lack of length in the woman across from him. The sharp lines of his faces looked smart and sharp and was all the more accented by cigar that rested coolly in the right side of his monstrous mouth. The cigar, most of the way spent, had only one distinguishing feature, a single gold band which bore the dollar sign. The giant body seemed out of place in the suit that, against all odds, made the man look like he was about to run a marathon and made his body look ready for action.
“So this was your plan, your “secret project” that you've been spending the past month on?”
“Absolutely, do you not feel it was a proper use of my time, Veronica?”
“I guess so, but, did you have to do it to such an extreme?”
“there was no way that I could've won the popular vote, in a popularity contest, the one with the most inconsistent view appeals to the masses the most. If you think it over, this was the only way I could've possibly gotten into this position. Come sit, and tell me everything you know.” As Veronica sat in the chair, her mind wandered to all of her life that led up to this day.
She was a successful owner of the leading Car Company in the entire country, 10 years prior. The Victory Motor Company, owned by Veronica Staidek. Her company produced over 5,000,000 cars a year and was expanding rapidly, when a new motor company began to show to be a real competitor. Within 5 years, The Victory Motor Company had been bought out by this new company, Next Step Motor Company, and it's CEO, Derrik Veola, on the condition that Veronica became a partner. Within that first year, a different type of partnership was forged between Derrik and Veronica, and on the one year anniversary of her partnership with Next Step Motor Company, she became Mrs. Veronica Veola
“-It's entirely unprecedented-”
“-Never before in history-”
“-It's an outrage-”
“-With an increase in riots-”
“-an outrage to the founders-”
“-citizens call for recount-”
“-Congress plans to-”
“-Catastrophe of the century-”
“-calls for reform-”
“-Evils of Electoral-”
“-New President-”
“-not a single popular vote-”
“-Our President is-”
“Derrik!”
The TV clicked off, and the remote came to rest on the steel desk. The small, slender woman in front of the desk looked even smaller when put in the huge empty room. Her short black hair came down to her ears, exposing the smooth white skin of her till it came to an end at her stark gray business suit. Her pants, which were also gray, ended upon her black flat-soled shoes. Her size, comparable to that of a 6th grader, seemed even less when compared to the man sitting in the large chair behind the desk.
A huge tree of a man, whose long golden hair, bound in the back, more than made up for the lack of length in the woman across from him. The sharp lines of his faces looked smart and sharp and was all the more accented by cigar that rested coolly in the right side of his monstrous mouth. The cigar, most of the way spent, had only one distinguishing feature, a single gold band which bore the dollar sign. The giant body seemed out of place in the suit that, against all odds, made the man look like he was about to run a marathon and made his body look ready for action.
“So this was your plan, your “secret project” that you've been spending the past month on?”
“Absolutely, do you not feel it was a proper use of my time, Veronica?”
“I guess so, but, did you have to do it to such an extreme?”
“there was no way that I could've won the popular vote, in a popularity contest, the one with the most inconsistent view appeals to the masses the most. If you think it over, this was the only way I could've possibly gotten into this position. Come sit, and tell me everything you know.” As Veronica sat in the chair, her mind wandered to all of her life that led up to this day.
She was a successful owner of the leading Car Company in the entire country, 10 years prior. The Victory Motor Company, owned by Veronica Staidek. Her company produced over 5,000,000 cars a year and was expanding rapidly, when a new motor company began to show to be a real competitor. Within 5 years, The Victory Motor Company had been bought out by this new company, Next Step Motor Company, and it's CEO, Derrik Veola, on the condition that Veronica became a partner. Within that first year, a different type of partnership was forged between Derrik and Veronica, and on the one year anniversary of her partnership with Next Step Motor Company, she became Mrs. Veronica Veola
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Today
Ok, so i just came out of my first anxiety attack since one year ago. I have very little idea behind it's reason, but i think i know it's cause. i came up with a very frightening idea during choir and i think it caused myself to snap, if you want to know about it, please ask.
secondarily, I think I am attempting to think so hard that reality becomes obscured, and i'm not quite sure why, i think it might have to do with the fact that my application for AM will be due next week, I think this moment before the next step in my life is scaring me.
anywho, that is all
secondarily, I think I am attempting to think so hard that reality becomes obscured, and i'm not quite sure why, i think it might have to do with the fact that my application for AM will be due next week, I think this moment before the next step in my life is scaring me.
anywho, that is all
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Continuation
I would like to expand on what i said in the last post (if you wish to comment on that post, please continue to do so there).
I would like to state my reason for putting limits on what i consider "good" art, it is so that when i find a great piece of art and wish to express my appreciation of this piece, i am expressing it more powerfully than i had with anything before, and when i express those opinions, i do not contradict myself because i described a piece that was inferior to the current piece with the same amount of praise. it is for that reason that i put constraints on what i consider to be great art. I believe that a person who puts no constraints would find this art and wish to pay the same level of homage, and would find themselves unable to do so because they would lack the ability to justify as to why it was better.
That is my reason for my standards, but i would also like to talk about art that doesn't necessarily fit my standards (and I believe it to not be a contradiction of my standards) is experience art, i find that the idea of art as an effect of a moment of your life is great art (because it effects you in the way that the artist wishes) such as, my idea for an art project: it would go like this, a device which would have a large cylinder with several tubes jutting out the bottom, each with a spring-lock system that is sensitive to the weight of the water upon it. it would be filled halfway with water, then would have paint dumped in the rest of the way till the locks click open(this would be done in a gallery and not in the studio, so that each piece represents a moment of time in the persons own life) the water paint mix would then flow out onto the canvas, and after it dried, would be available for purchase by anyone who saw it's creation.
that is all
I would like to state my reason for putting limits on what i consider "good" art, it is so that when i find a great piece of art and wish to express my appreciation of this piece, i am expressing it more powerfully than i had with anything before, and when i express those opinions, i do not contradict myself because i described a piece that was inferior to the current piece with the same amount of praise. it is for that reason that i put constraints on what i consider to be great art. I believe that a person who puts no constraints would find this art and wish to pay the same level of homage, and would find themselves unable to do so because they would lack the ability to justify as to why it was better.
That is my reason for my standards, but i would also like to talk about art that doesn't necessarily fit my standards (and I believe it to not be a contradiction of my standards) is experience art, i find that the idea of art as an effect of a moment of your life is great art (because it effects you in the way that the artist wishes) such as, my idea for an art project: it would go like this, a device which would have a large cylinder with several tubes jutting out the bottom, each with a spring-lock system that is sensitive to the weight of the water upon it. it would be filled halfway with water, then would have paint dumped in the rest of the way till the locks click open(this would be done in a gallery and not in the studio, so that each piece represents a moment of time in the persons own life) the water paint mix would then flow out onto the canvas, and after it dried, would be available for purchase by anyone who saw it's creation.
that is all
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
quotes
to kick this party off:
Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to be the tool by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of men. Blood, whips and guns-or dollars. Take your choice-there is no other-and your time is running out.-- Ayn Rand
Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where the gun begins.--Ayn Rand
All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by passionately clamoring for the products it turns out.--Ludwig Von Mises
If you are unwilling to defend your right to your own lives, then you are merely like mice trying to argue with owls.-- Terry Goodkind
Observe, in politics, that the term extremism has become a synonym of 'evil,' regardless of the content of the issue (the evil is not what you are extreme about, but that you are 'extreme' -- i.e., consistent).-- Ayn Rand
So you think that money is the root of all evil? Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can\'t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is this what you consider evil?--Ayn Rand
To find yourself, think for yourself.--Socrates
Whether you know the shape of a pebble or the structure of a solar system, the axioms remain the same: that it exists and that you know it.--Ayn Rand
Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.--Thomas Sowell
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss. --Robert A. Heinlein
Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.--Andrew Bernstein
The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it\'s yours. But to win it requires total dedication and a total break with the world of your past, with the doctrine that man is sacrificial animal who exists for the pleasure of others. Fight for the value of your person. Fight for the virtue of your pride. Fight for the essence, which is man, for his sovereign rational mind. Fight with the radiant certainty and the absolute rectitude of knowing that yours is the morality of life and yours is the battle for any achievement, any value, any grandeur, any goodness, any joy that has ever existed on this earth.--Ayn Rand
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.-- Ayn Rand
To the extent that a man is guided by his rational judgment, he acts in accordance with the requirements of his nature and, to that extent, succeeds in achieving a human form of survival and well-being; to the extent that he acts irrationally, he acts as his own destroyer.--Ayn Rand
and that's enough of that for now.
I got into a discussion with someone over what one should consider good art. She told me that anything that the artist considers to be art is considered art and from there, anything that is appealing to the eye. I disagree, I believe that art should be defined by 2 characteristics. The first, art must show some amount of skill in it's creation. the second is that the piece must have a purpose in mind by the artist that can be readily seen and explained.
now, by this standard, realism (which exhibits the greatest skill) is the greatest style of art with any reason behind it(but my favorite is romanticism), would be the best, but, just as in music, i find myself attracted to other styles as well. if the skill that is lacking in a piece contains an even greater purpose in mind, I still find this okay.
anyways, another thing i have a problem with is when people say every piece of art they see is good with no standard as to why or how. to explain why this is, i use the car explanation.
Let's say there are 2 cars sitting side by side. the first is the best designed car in the world, it's exterior is as beautiful as it's interior, with a engine to back up this beauty with a power befitting to it. sitting next to it, we find a junker from the 80s with enough rust to choke an elephant with and a top speed of 45 mph. now, if any person says that the latter is a better car than the former, he now is devaluing the hours and hours of work that went into the design of the former car and the time put into it's creation, when the designer could have, with a hundredth of the effort, created a piece of shit like the car next to it.
that's all
Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to be the tool by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of men. Blood, whips and guns-or dollars. Take your choice-there is no other-and your time is running out.-- Ayn Rand
Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where the gun begins.--Ayn Rand
All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by passionately clamoring for the products it turns out.--Ludwig Von Mises
If you are unwilling to defend your right to your own lives, then you are merely like mice trying to argue with owls.-- Terry Goodkind
Observe, in politics, that the term extremism has become a synonym of 'evil,' regardless of the content of the issue (the evil is not what you are extreme about, but that you are 'extreme' -- i.e., consistent).-- Ayn Rand
So you think that money is the root of all evil? Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can\'t exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is this what you consider evil?--Ayn Rand
To find yourself, think for yourself.--Socrates
Whether you know the shape of a pebble or the structure of a solar system, the axioms remain the same: that it exists and that you know it.--Ayn Rand
Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.--Thomas Sowell
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss. --Robert A. Heinlein
Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.--Andrew Bernstein
The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it\'s yours. But to win it requires total dedication and a total break with the world of your past, with the doctrine that man is sacrificial animal who exists for the pleasure of others. Fight for the value of your person. Fight for the virtue of your pride. Fight for the essence, which is man, for his sovereign rational mind. Fight with the radiant certainty and the absolute rectitude of knowing that yours is the morality of life and yours is the battle for any achievement, any value, any grandeur, any goodness, any joy that has ever existed on this earth.--Ayn Rand
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.-- Ayn Rand
To the extent that a man is guided by his rational judgment, he acts in accordance with the requirements of his nature and, to that extent, succeeds in achieving a human form of survival and well-being; to the extent that he acts irrationally, he acts as his own destroyer.--Ayn Rand
and that's enough of that for now.
I got into a discussion with someone over what one should consider good art. She told me that anything that the artist considers to be art is considered art and from there, anything that is appealing to the eye. I disagree, I believe that art should be defined by 2 characteristics. The first, art must show some amount of skill in it's creation. the second is that the piece must have a purpose in mind by the artist that can be readily seen and explained.
now, by this standard, realism (which exhibits the greatest skill) is the greatest style of art with any reason behind it(but my favorite is romanticism), would be the best, but, just as in music, i find myself attracted to other styles as well. if the skill that is lacking in a piece contains an even greater purpose in mind, I still find this okay.
anyways, another thing i have a problem with is when people say every piece of art they see is good with no standard as to why or how. to explain why this is, i use the car explanation.
Let's say there are 2 cars sitting side by side. the first is the best designed car in the world, it's exterior is as beautiful as it's interior, with a engine to back up this beauty with a power befitting to it. sitting next to it, we find a junker from the 80s with enough rust to choke an elephant with and a top speed of 45 mph. now, if any person says that the latter is a better car than the former, he now is devaluing the hours and hours of work that went into the design of the former car and the time put into it's creation, when the designer could have, with a hundredth of the effort, created a piece of shit like the car next to it.
that's all
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Objective Truth
this is a project i did for english, and i like the thought process so much that i decided to show you.
Objective Truth:
The truth is Objective, like reality, and is independent of any and all conscious thought. The existentialist idea that “A person’s own convictions, not external rules, determine truth” is the falsest statement since religion and has no place in a serious field such as philosophy. The reasons for this are; reality is objective, the truth is derived from reality, and that truth, being based on reality, is also objective.
Reality is objective due to the fact that reality cannot be logically reasoned against. To say that a computer is really an apple tree out in Michigan, and the whole human race is mistaken in believing that it’s actually a computer is to claim that an A is actually a non-A. to this day, not a single person has been able to find an A that was actually a non-A, nor could they think one to reality, so we must assume that reality is objective and separate from the consciousness in all manners.
The truth is derived from reality. To persecute any person with a crime, we must be able to prove that they are guilty, and how do we do that? We gathered real evidence in order to expose the truth. Therefore it can be said that the truth is derived from reality (in this case, our evidence). Just as one cannot claim that the truth is that pigs can fly without some hard evidence, you cannot claim that the truth is separate from reality.
Furthermore, if we come to understand that reality is objective, and the truth is derived from reality, we can automatically assume that the truth is objective as well. One may bring up the point, however, that a man who has gone insane has his own truths, and therefore truth must be based on man to man and cannot be objective. This is not true; a man who has gone insane is described as such for he has lost his ability to perceive reality, therefore, without an ability to perceive reality he cannot come up with evidence, therefore, his “truth” is not truth at all.
So, we can safely and correctly come to the conclusion that truth can only be derived from reality, and that reality is independent of conscious thought and objective, so the truth must be objective and free from conscious thought. Therefore, the statement “A person’s own convictions, not external rules, determine truth” is completely and utterly false.
Objective Truth:
The truth is Objective, like reality, and is independent of any and all conscious thought. The existentialist idea that “A person’s own convictions, not external rules, determine truth” is the falsest statement since religion and has no place in a serious field such as philosophy. The reasons for this are; reality is objective, the truth is derived from reality, and that truth, being based on reality, is also objective.
Reality is objective due to the fact that reality cannot be logically reasoned against. To say that a computer is really an apple tree out in Michigan, and the whole human race is mistaken in believing that it’s actually a computer is to claim that an A is actually a non-A. to this day, not a single person has been able to find an A that was actually a non-A, nor could they think one to reality, so we must assume that reality is objective and separate from the consciousness in all manners.
The truth is derived from reality. To persecute any person with a crime, we must be able to prove that they are guilty, and how do we do that? We gathered real evidence in order to expose the truth. Therefore it can be said that the truth is derived from reality (in this case, our evidence). Just as one cannot claim that the truth is that pigs can fly without some hard evidence, you cannot claim that the truth is separate from reality.
Furthermore, if we come to understand that reality is objective, and the truth is derived from reality, we can automatically assume that the truth is objective as well. One may bring up the point, however, that a man who has gone insane has his own truths, and therefore truth must be based on man to man and cannot be objective. This is not true; a man who has gone insane is described as such for he has lost his ability to perceive reality, therefore, without an ability to perceive reality he cannot come up with evidence, therefore, his “truth” is not truth at all.
So, we can safely and correctly come to the conclusion that truth can only be derived from reality, and that reality is independent of conscious thought and objective, so the truth must be objective and free from conscious thought. Therefore, the statement “A person’s own convictions, not external rules, determine truth” is completely and utterly false.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Hey there
James reporting in, today is the first of february, and alot of freaking crap is happening this month, so i thought i would commemorate it with a post.
first off, Superbowl, too much football, not enough commercials.
second, the office ruled.
third, i seem to be lacking the normal sexual frustrating i usually i have hanging over my head, it is quite a nice experience.
fourthly, I saw a music video recently with a bassist who has bass with a backwards head. as in, it points up rather than down, it was so weird.
fifthly, I love The Fountainhead movie, possibly one of my favorite black and white movies of all time, it keeps you interested, rather than the normal pre Wizard movies.
sixthly, FEBRUARY 20TH is the day that i can send in my application to Animation Mentor, I CAN'T EVEN FREAKING WAIT!!!
first off, Superbowl, too much football, not enough commercials.
second, the office ruled.
third, i seem to be lacking the normal sexual frustrating i usually i have hanging over my head, it is quite a nice experience.
fourthly, I saw a music video recently with a bassist who has bass with a backwards head. as in, it points up rather than down, it was so weird.
fifthly, I love The Fountainhead movie, possibly one of my favorite black and white movies of all time, it keeps you interested, rather than the normal pre Wizard movies.
sixthly, FEBRUARY 20TH is the day that i can send in my application to Animation Mentor, I CAN'T EVEN FREAKING WAIT!!!
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