Are You Content with the Way You See the World?
Here’s a novel definition of God. Being God allows you to murder, manipulate, maim, and bully without a conscience, all in the name of some grand plan. So it is that do-gooders and scientists and everybody who wants to make the world a better place is playing at God. ButContinue Reading
On Watching Military Exercises between a Starling and a Hawk
One of the ironies of watching animals gear up for the war against humans is that although we are their model for military conflict, they are our model for tolerance and cooperation. In ecosystems, different species are mostly focused on different qualia – their everyday paths are different, so theyContinue Reading
Not Our Effect on Ecosystems, but Ecosystems Effect on Us
We are all so ready to see ourselves individually as more noble, as less harmful than other people around us. This is wrong. Aside from the obvious damage that we all participate in – the exploitation of Earth – the mere weight of our bodies affects the ground beneath us.Continue Reading