Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former. ~Albert Einstein The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity. ~Voltaire Present audience excepted– surely –but Carlo Cippola, George Carlin, and Jonathan Swift Read more…
We all dull and enhance our senses in various ways. Some of us, few of us can explore the extremes of sensory manipulation. Even fewer can understand what it means. The Dawdlers return to the theme of Haunting the Margins. This time they take a trip with Terence McKenna, the Read more…
Are there inherent limits to the behavioral capacities of artifacts? How would that differ from human bodies? Are not both arrangements of universe, of “stuff”? Why would one substrate permit abilities inaccessible to others? In this week’s Short the Dawdlers muse about Artificial Intelligence: what are its limits, if any– Read more…
“Live” but “not live”, that’s what The Dawdler’s Philosophy Podcast is. “Live” in that it is generally unscripted where we tend to not know exactly what the other host will say. And “not live” in that you can’t listen to it as it is unfolding for the first time. We’re Read more…
No, this isn’t a New Age affirmation. It isn’t a derisive denouncement of low likelihood. It’s the Dawdlers giving their takes on modal logic! Herein are considered types of possibility, and how responsible epistemology might interface with metaphysical musings. Who has the arguments to back up absolute impossibility claims? If Read more…
In art, genius is forgiven if it isn’t consistent. Hell, it’s probably revered more if it’s inconsistent. It’s fluid. Not so in philosophy. Consistency is king. Without it one becomes lost and strays from the path. In this episode the Dawdlers (well, Harland, mostly) try their best to explain why Read more…
Ever try and prank someone but it back fires and they just go about their business as if they were not even remotely aware of what just didn’t happen? Yeah, that’s this episode.
Yeats repeats “a terrible beauty is born” in his poem “Easter, 1916”. The poem expresses the emotional limbo of Yeats as he grapples with the post World War I Irish rebellion in response to the broken promise of Irish liberation. Out of acts of violence, comes the hope of freedom. Read more…
Ya like how last week we did death? This week we do birth. It also sucks! Can a Dawdler catch a break? What’s that? Is that what we are basically known for? Look, don’t be a hater. We mean, hustler…
Imagine a beginner’s luck without a point of reference, without any obvious design and you’ll have a better picture of intuition and the role it plays in ego and illusion. So there is no luck. There is no accident. Some thinkers are just so in touch with the universe they Read more…