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Le Linkage #16: Around the Blogosphere

Published on July 19, 2007 in Books, Humor, Japanese Invasion, Le Linkage and Theology and Philosophy. 2 Comments

While I’ve tried — in vain — I haven’t been able to get one of these out (to my own disdain). Again, the glut of ideas currently swishing around my brain is like water around a drain: round and round it goes, and not in vain if I take this opportunity to sha… daing.

Alright, so that didn’t work out as planned. If it had been planned. I really should start reading more modern poetry. (Although by now you may already be aware of how I feel about poetry.)

Anyway, so here it is: another episode of Le Linkage, and this one’s about all the wonderful stuff making its way into my RSS reader as of late. Some of it is thought provoking, some just fun to read, but most, I’m sure you’ll side with me, won’t make your eyeballs bleed. (There now, that’s better, though not by much.) Continue reading ‘Le Linkage #16: Around the Blogosphere’

Richard Dawkins Interviews and Comments

Published on December 8, 2006 in Theology and Philosophy and Videos. 6 Comments

As if on queue, last night I happened accross a copy of The God Delusion by evolutionary biologist and outspoken critic of religion Richard Dawkins. Having first heard of him during some conversations at BetterHumans, and having first heard him speak at the TED conference, I have since then began to grow curious regarding this man’s work. Regardless of whether I agree with him or not is inconsequential to the fact that his arguments are exceedingly well thought out, and should be considered by any serious thinkers.


In any case what follows is a BBC profile of Dr. Dawkins and an interview by Stephen Colbert. Enjoy. Continue reading ‘Richard Dawkins Interviews and Comments’

Capital Punishment Discussion

Published on November 11, 2006 in Politics and Theology and Philosophy. 3 Comments

Always a topic for heated debate, my good friend Kappy is doing some research on the use of capital punishment and is asking for opinions on the matter. If you’re interested in this topic, check out some of the replies to her queries, including a quasi-incoherent (and long) response from yours truly. If you don’t answer there (or don’t have a MySpace profile so you can’t answer there) feel free to post your opinions on the matter here.

The Evolution of Morality

Published on November 1, 2006 in Theology and Philosophy. 0 Comments

Are right and wrong hard-coded into you?According to some, the answer is yes.

Who doesn’t know the difference between right and wrong? Yet that essential knowledge, generally assumed to come from parental teaching or religious or legal instruction, could turn out to have a quite different origin… [P]eople are born with a moral grammar wired into their neural circuits by evolution… [T]he grammar generates instant moral judgments which, in part because of the quick decisions that must be made in life-or-death situations, are inaccessible to the conscious mind.

(The aricle, by the way, is titled An Evolutionary Theory of Right and Wrong, which is highly misleading. Namely, no successful predictions have been made yet using this set of ideas and as such it is still only a hypothesis.)

Recently I’ve been thinking about the logic of morality. In a recent Wired article, and atheist philosopher expressed concerns about the necessity of a god or some sort of theology in order to create moral guidance. While I disagree with him — I’m of the belief that morality can generally be come to via logical conclusion — to say that the subject is simple is an outright lie, and to say that it is difficult is a still major understatement.

Nevertheless, this article is rather interesting in that it points to another realm of morality: primordial, as opposed to logical or imposed.