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Archive for August, 2008

Culture, Science

August 22, 2008

We’re 98% similar to chimps! not….

I’ve know we’re not for a while but never posted anything on it. Bioethicist Wesley J Smith did, so this may be insightful and lead you to further research this.

Philosophy

August 11, 2008

The pitfalls of absolutes

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_”Nothing is true”_ – This is actually part of the tagline of the video game Assassin’s Creed and made me laugh when I saw it for the first time and heard so many fans repeat it like it’s the greatest thing; it sure sounds deep. Too bad it’s self-defeating.
If nothing is true, the statement itself falls under that category, making itself false and thereby irrelevant. Congratulations!

_”Everything is relative”_ – Really? For everyone? Everywhere? At any time? Sounds like a very absolute statement to me. This is my personal favorite and also self-defeating.

_”We can’t know anything for sure”_ – Another good one and the sceptic’s best friend. Unfortunately, it’s self-defeating, too. It seems like we at least know for sure that we can’t know anything for sure.

I hope this small overview was helpful. Beware of those absolutes!