Posts by Benjamin Martens
Having flipped through Long for this World, a breezy journalistic
Having flipped through Long for this World, a breezy journalistic overview of ageing research and a (presumably well-deserved) character assassination...
Having flipped through Long for this World, a breezy journalistic overview of ageing research and a (presumably well-deserved) character assassination...
On the auto-cannibalism of negative utlitarianism (NU):
What is
On the auto-cannibalism of negative utlitarianism (NU): What is NU?: Professor Popper has proposed a negative formulation of the utilitarian principl...
On the auto-cannibalism of negative utlitarianism (NU): What is NU?: Professor Popper has proposed a negative formulation of the utilitarian principl...
Ted Chu, Phds reversal of Pascals Wager: Just in case there is no
Ted Chu, Phds reversal of Pascals Wager: Just in case there is no God, we should try our best to achieve immortality and control our own fate (Human P...
Ted Chu, Phds reversal of Pascals Wager: Just in case there is no God, we should try our best to achieve immortality and control our own fate (Human P...
An idea, fanciful and fun: Merge this,
Yet another way in which
An idea, fanciful and fun: Merge this, Yet another way in which a singleton could form is through convergent evolution, e.g. if it turns out that all...
An idea, fanciful and fun: Merge this, Yet another way in which a singleton could form is through convergent evolution, e.g. if it turns out that all...
Today I had to explain to a refugee from the war-torn plains of
Today I had to explain to a refugee from the war-torn plains of Central East Africa why I was unwilling to donate to the charity which he said saved h...
Today I had to explain to a refugee from the war-torn plains of Central East Africa why I was unwilling to donate to the charity which he said saved h...
The “selfish” accusation also often implies that there are
The “selfish” accusation also often implies that there are other options the sufferer has, but has chosen suicide. Or that it’s the “easy way ...
The “selfish” accusation also often implies that there are other options the sufferer has, but has chosen suicide. Or that it’s the “easy way ...
Prime Minister Paul Keating with some prescient and
Prime Minister Paul Keating with some prescient and characteristically hilarious words which bear as heavily on his Opposition then as on our Governme...
Prime Minister Paul Keating with some prescient and characteristically hilarious words which bear as heavily on his Opposition then as on our Governme...
THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They werent
THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They werent only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter...
THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They werent only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter...