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September 24, 2009

April 10, 2009

It is always interesting when your past meets up with your present. Chris has just resurfaced after many long travels. This isn’t the Chris who is struggling with a sense of personal honor in relation to identity. This is the Chris who found it, probably by losing himself through the shedding of prior definitions, then [...]

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March 26, 2009

It’s never easy penetrating a person’s thick head. Especially when they have their jaw muscles gripped tightly down on something they refuse to let go. Because at that point, nothing matters. They’re just going to keep that ball firmly in their teeth no matter what. Science is thrown out the window. Reason is trampled down [...]

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December 12, 2008

That last piece on the nature of consciousness provoked some interesting responses. It makes me wonder why the philosophy departments are always so small. Probably because we feel more comfortable being error-prone lunatics, like unfastening the top button on the jeans after a big meal. I wonder what that says about people who always wear [...]

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December 9, 2008

Here is a simple question. Is your consciousness solely a by-product of biochemical processes?
In other words, is your awareness of the world and who you are, simply a condition of electrical and chemical interactions between cells?
This is a very simple question. It’s the simple answer that reveals enormous problems. Yes, or no.
My consciousness is considering [...]

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