Just a reminder: Our world is fucked up because nature made it that way. What progress we have made has been in direct opposition to that nature. There exists something called the Moralistic Fallacy, which states that the evil that exists in the world could not have come from nature. It gives us mistakes like: Because warfare is…
An Elephant Story
In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee, inspected the elephants foot, and found a…
A Rare Shot of the Endangered African What the Fuck is That
Image from cracked.com That’s not Photoshop. That’s a real animal. Yeah, I didn’t believe it either. Here’s the video:
No, Einstein Wasn’t Religious
I grow tired of hearing people ramble on about how religious Einstein actually was when he clearly stated the exact opposite on numerous occasions. Listen folks, his “faith” was an abstract, non-religious feeling with respect to the beauty of the universe — not a religious belief the way Christians and Jews want it to be. But don’t take…
Rain Forest
The light part is where the trees have been completely cut down. To me this presents an interesting moral dilemma: are people allowed to rape the land that they inhabit, to the detriment of the world? In other words, are they allowed to keep the rest of the world from benefitting from something unique to the planet? And…