source: http://www.howcast.com/videos/413809-How-to-Study-for-a-Long-Time-without-Getting-Bored?p=7345
What others say and I like.
Mostly an archive of internet articles I want in one place, with some of my writing and rumination sprinkled here and there.
Wednesday 26 February 2014
Thoughts
Everyday, you are going to have 60,000 conscious thoughts. And each of these thoughts is either going to be bringing you closer to achieving your goals, or further away.
Monday 17 February 2014
Saturday 1 February 2014
Thursday 30 January 2014
The God Argument
The problem of evil:
"Is he [God] willing to prevent evil, but not able? then is he impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then is he malevolent. Is he both able and willing? whence then is evil?" - Hume, David. "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion".
But. If God doesn't exist, how do you define evil and good? What is good then, and what is evil? If there is no God, there's no evil, and there's no good. It's true that we're all wired to be 'moral'; and from a religious perspective, that makes perfect sense. But outside of the context of religion, why would the murder be wrong? Why would curing cancer be wrong? Why would creating cancer-like virus be evil?
"Is he [God] willing to prevent evil, but not able? then is he impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then is he malevolent. Is he both able and willing? whence then is evil?" - Hume, David. "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion".
But. If God doesn't exist, how do you define evil and good? What is good then, and what is evil? If there is no God, there's no evil, and there's no good. It's true that we're all wired to be 'moral'; and from a religious perspective, that makes perfect sense. But outside of the context of religion, why would the murder be wrong? Why would curing cancer be wrong? Why would creating cancer-like virus be evil?
If we agree that outside the context of religion, there's no good, and no evil, then we know that the problem of evil necessitates the existence of God.
Why then God enables us to evil? Didn't he foresee the problem that would come arise of it?
Well He could have made us automatons. But we couldn't have loved, if we couldn't have hated. And then, there wouldn't be any choice, and then there wouldn't be any evil.
Okay. But He could have at least stopped the nature's disasters from happening. Well He could have. But He didn't. He is God. The good thing about that you don't have to seek anyone's approval.
Okay. But He could have at least stopped the nature's disasters from happening. Well He could have. But He didn't. He is God. The good thing about that you don't have to seek anyone's approval.
-- This is a work in progress. Will complete as mood be --
Saturday 25 January 2014
Tuesday 21 January 2014
Expertise
Life is short, [the] craft long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult.
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Hippocrates (c. 400BC)