Sunday, May 31, 2009

Alex

how big is it?

Dandrew

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

prinsen!!!!!

yes!!!!

whats up man!!

Alex

what color is it?

black?

Dandrew

hell naw dude its like turquoise, idk whether its from molding or what but its weird as hell and smells like shit

Alex

you gotta use it dude otherwise its gonna fall off or some shit. read it on TV

Dandrew

hahahah what the hell is my dick gonna come in handy for?

Alex

WOAH

i was talking about the doorknob on your bedroom door

fuckin' pervert

-logs out-


Flawless Ass Victory Ass Fuck

Saturday, May 30, 2009

I just torrented and watched Religulous. It scared the shit out of me at the end. It's incredible how many politicians base their decisions on their personal religious convictions.

In the US we've got a primarily Christian government. In the middle east it's a mix between Muslims and Jews, the Muslims hold the vast majority - as well as a significant amount of nuclear weaponry. When Iran destroys Israel the US will rev up the ol' HydroNuke and blow their ass to "kingdom come". And then what? HOLY WAR! or JIHAD if you prefer.

But don't worry! Jesus Christ will save you. Or is it Mohamed? How do I know which savior will lead me to salvation while the non believers burn in the eternal fire?

I'm reclassifying myself as an antitheist. It's time to stop the madness. I don't know for certain. I doubt there is - at least in any form we as humans could comprehend. And that's just it. We will never know! So where the hell do we, as humans, with a combined mass of less than 10^-10^10, get off saying GOD WANTS US TO BLOW THE SHIT OUT OF ISLAM AND ALSO YOU CAN'T HAVE ANAL SEX. How could we ever know something like that?

In any other form the claims made and actions taken in the name of 'the lord' would be classified as neurosis. But asking questions is a sin against god, so such an examination would surely send you to hell.

Faith is a prison where humanity waits for self assigned death sentence.

God help us.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Accurate Personality Test

I'm not usually one to advocate personality tests, most of them are bullshit. This is pretty good though. Based on the findings of Jung and others in his field, you are asked a series of questions and then scored on four dichotomies: introversion - extroversion, intuition - sense, thinking - feeling, and perceiving - judging. After scoring, each dichotomy is further defined as primary, secondary, tertiary and inferior function and based on your results these alternate between external and internal. Very interesting stuff - each distinct combination has its own ideal roles and they seem to be pretty accurate.

INTP - "Architect". Greatest precision in thought and language. Can readily discern contradictions and inconsistencies. The world exists primarily to be understood. 3.3% of total population.
Take Free Jung Personality Test
personality tests by similarminds.com

If you do take this test you should 1) google your four letter acronym. After reading several articles on INTPs I feel extremely enlightened, a lot of patterns in my life are better explained through personality type than any mental health diagnosis. 2) Post back on my blog under the comments section with your type. There are theories as to how specific types interact with eachother and it would be interesting to see if there's any truth to them.


Show more people my fucking blog. I put thought into these you bastards >_>

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Monday, May 18, 2009

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Intelligent Design Simplified

The universe is complex and precise so worship Jesus or you'll go to hell (for the relatively short duration of two thousand earth years)

New ultimate question

Why does anything exist at all?
Seems like it would've been a lot easier for the universe to just not exist
I suppose if that were the case there wouldn't be anywhere for it not to exist within
Or something

I'm thinking multiverse.

The anthropic principle (life, particularly intelligent life, seems to exist) might come into play here ----

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Cosmic Snowflake

So in doing a little bit more research on the big bang I'm rediscovering tiny pieces (very tiny) of the hope I used to have.

The big bang is not an event in time, but rather the beginning of time. As 'space' (3 dimensions defined by the expanding universe - that is, what is 'beyond' the universe is not - space) and time are on the same continuum. They began simultaneously. That isto say NOTHING existed before the big bang.

But how is that possible?

How did that singularity come into existence?

My ultimate question here is --- Why did ANYTHING happen at all. Why should anything exist?

Imagine that, where the universe did the logical thing, saved itself the trouble, and was never formed in the first place.

Weird isn't it?

I'm not saying god did it. Far from it.

But the multiverse theory seems a bit more plausible now - in fact, almost necessary. I'm pretty sure the first law of everything we know about everything is that something can't very well come from nothing - especially in nowhere.

And that means that OUR universe isn't necessarily finite. This even opens up a little space for some kind of Universal Conscious that we might rejoin when we die.

I'm an Atheist. Naturalism is the most logical explanation for the state of... Everything. As a naturalist I live freely, and with a lot more genuine compassion for my fellow humans...

But I don't wanna disappear when I die either :[

q.q

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

What gets you out of bed in the morning?

A mixture of various external stimuli and the subconscious desire to survive long enough procreate.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Some Naturalist Anectdotes

Supernaturalist: But the (insert religious text) says -
Naturalist: I don't really care what the (same religious text) says
Supernaturalist: But the (same text) is (affiliated diety's/dieties') message to the world
Naturalist: How do you know that?
Supernaturalist: Well, because it's written in the (text).

See the problem there?

Naturalist: I don't believe in (diety/other supernatural phenomena)
Supernaturalist: Well what do you believe in?
Naturalist: Well for starters, existence, the existence of life, the power of science and knowledge, humanity, human ingenuity, proven facts - from evolution to genocide in the name of (supernatural phenomena), cruelty, kindness, consciousness, the big bang, the theory of relativity as far as it's been proven, space time, art, literature, exploration, death, and birth from conception.
Supernaturalist: -----

All I've ever gotten in response to that is... oh.

Supernaturalist: But what about hope? How can you live with uncertainty regarding what follows life?
Naturalist: Freely, fully, justifiably, affectionately, genuinely, with personal motivation as opposed to dictations from (supernatural phenomena, dieties, and texts), with morals derived from evidence, with good will from within myself, without discrimination, peacefully, and happily.

_______
I'll worry about what happens after I die when I'm dead. My understanding is that human sapience is caused by chemical reactions somewhere in the cranium and those cease when our blood stops pumping. After living a long and fulfilling life who can honestly ask for more?
_______

Respond as you see fit.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Why Communism Doesn't Work: A Novel

I see lots of proponents of communism these days - whether they know it or not. There are of course people who directly advocate it, but there are many more who support its lesser forms - socialism for one, and also collectivist programs, welfare (and other redistributions of wealth), labor unions, employment quotas. Many of these ideas are enacted with good intentions. But they fail.

These ideas can be dismissed on an individual basis:

Welfare: Created by the FDR as a temporary relief for families and individuals who did not possess the means to provide for themselves, until such time as they could do so - through employment opportunities or perhaps assistance from family members etc. For a while welfare functioned effectively. Its beneficiaries would never consider living their entire lives under the arm of the U.S. government - they were hard working individuals who wanted to provide for themselves and didn't stop working until they could do so. I'm not saying that spirit doesn't remain in the modern welfare population but it isn't the dominant ideal. Today there are people in the welfare state who don't feel particularly compelled to leave it. Why should they? The government will pay there expenses and they don't have to lift a finger. Needless to say this is a massive drain on the tax dollars of hard working Americans.

Labor Unions: Formed during the industrial revolution, again with good intentions. Corrupt companies housed underpaid workers in disturbingly hazardous conditions. Labor Unions were formed to end the oppression. And they succeeded. What do they do now? Demand higher wages and longer breaks. Again, a drain on hard workers and a road block to the business success required to create and maintain well paying jobs.

Employment Quotas: Probably the best example. To this date you can't criticize this idea without being labeled discriminatory or simply racist. Even into the 90s some racist employers would not hire qualified minority workers. Quotas were put in place to ensure minorities had an equal opportunity to succeed in the workplace. While racism is still a problem in modern society Employment Quotas contribute to the problem far more than they help to solve it. Separating people into two groups - minorities and majorities, based on uncontrollable factors like race, creates negative sentiments - US and THEM. Furthermore, in a manner very similar to the welfare state, people are ensured jobs simply because they are required to meet quotas, removing any motivation to work hard to retain their position.

This may seem like a massive digression from communism, but there is a collective theme here. In all three instances, government, with the best of intentions, tries to solve real problems. And fails. Communism is an increase in government. In a communist society, people cede the fruits of their labor to the government, which ideally distributes them fairly throughout the population. Of course this isn't necessarily the case either - but right now lets assume it is. If every citizen is guaranteed an equal share, where is the motivation to produce? While people are inherently good, there is a fraction of the population who will take the lazy road - taking resources from the rest of the community without giving back their 'fair share'.

And as previously mentioned, the government in charge of distributing goods fairly among communist people, often fails to do so. Just like there are lazy individuals among the work force, there are greedy individuals within the government. Time and time again throughout history communist societies fall victim to government corruption - effectively becoming dictatorships. The proletariat (work force) is poor, and devoid of the resources they create - the government retains rations for itself, hording food, money, anything of value, allowing citizens only what is required to produce. This often leads to violence as citizens do not want to starve - and what happens? Something very much reminiscent of George Orwell's works, 1984 and Animal Farm. By means of physical force and subliminal supression the corrupted communist government molds its citizens into malnourished, uneducated, unskilled zombies - capable of doing only what they are told.

But even in its less extreme forms - even when communism is working at its full potential, it still presents disturbing problems. Communism ignores the very core of human nature. The individual.

Consider an ant colony. Ant's are amazing creatures. Through their combined efforts the dig complex tunnel systems - sometimes MILES deep. To do this they effectively maintain a massive workforce of diggers by assigning a portion of their population to gather food. They function as a single unit, surviving and expanding together, for a common purpose. What is that purpose? Survival. Ants flourish in every continent except for anatarctica.

However, WE ARE NOT ANTS. We've got survival down pat by now. For quite along time infact. Thats why, in ancient human history, we began to specialize. People explored the interests, creating inovative inventions - starting with the wheel and fire, working up to the miracles of modern medicine, and space exploration, and surely countless more wonders in the future. As humans we need space, time and freedom to advance and explore. Things that are often absent in a communist society. Collectivism leaves no room or leftover resources for individual sucess.

So then, what is the best alternative to communism? I'm not exactly sure to be honest. Taking into account the flaws inherent in human nature, no government system will be perfect - nor can we function in an anarchist society, where humans are reduced to animalistic competition for resources and life.

Obviously some order is neccesary. An agreed monetary system, or at the least standards for trade. Law enforcement, to protect the basic rights of individuals, to live, to be free, and to pursue happiness through the ownership and use of land and property. This would require some full time government employees, and they would obviously have to be chosen from and by citizens, not placed in a monarchal or dictorial position. This requires an element of democracy. It also requires some kindof social contract, limiting the power of government to the afformentioned capacity.

Individuals of both genders, and all races must be regarded equally. People must agree to coexist with others they do not neccesarily agree with, so long as the disagreement does not lead to violence or vandalism. If this occurs it should be dealt with accordingly by some preexisting judiciary.

These sorts of changes may be difficult to achieve as many people are reluctant to break the outdated barriers of sexism, racism, and general discrimination that have held back human progress from their formation.

And yes, there is some collective human progress, as we all belong to the same, sentient race. The human race. But the progress is achieved by individuals, and individual alliances, where people get credit for there achievements and reap benefits accordingly. Of course some ideas are bound to fail, and inevitably there will be cases where hard work does not pay off - temporarily. But the only people who lose for the long term in such a society are those who stop trying. Competition breeds good products - with proper motivation and rewarding, people try there best and work their hardest, without use of force or propaganda.

In a communist society people will never be allowed to work towards and achieve their goals where they differ from the whole, and thus will be denied the opportunity to exist to their full potential as human beings.

We are capable of something better. We just need to wake up.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Exploring Literature

So I'm having a field day on my laptop reading poems and short stories and such, and I happened upon The Epic of Gilgamesh.

It was written in Sumarian, by a Sumarian, somewhere in Sumar (I believe that was between Asia, Africa, and Europe, in that hate filled fundamentalist region we now call the middle east)

As is evident in the name, it is quite possibly the most EPIC thing ever written.

And it was written 5700 years ago so of course it's free of copywrite restrictions.

You should read it because it has the word 'GILGAMESH' in the title.