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fear of the unknown has no foundation

it is a flaw

it doesnt make sense


calling back to 'the lie' issue -
that seems to be the main beef i have with most evolution theories - they dont address a flaw such as this


it seems like a box that was opened and a something was unleashed (those parables make more and more sense)

and in the terror - man was driven to technological heights that would otherwise have been impossible



fear of the unknown and striving to achieve illusionary feats

a ill wind

something is rotten

Except it DOES have a foundation. Because for early humans what was unknown was also often dangerous, and not in a psychological "tearing down walls" way, but in a physical "killed and eated" way. What was unknown, what might be hiding behind that bush, waiting in that tree, could be the death of you. And for life to survive and evolve, it has to be programed to avoid death. Otherwise there wouldn't been any living things. Get it?

However, for a large part we have outgrown this fear.

Of course, the unknown always holds the promise of something better too.  From the mysterious new world to nanotech, the unknown is an opportunity, nothing more or less.

One of the things I actually do believe, even though there is no evidence for it, is that there is probably no life after death.  In that sense, it doesn't worry me.  I have nothing to fear from what comes after, only the lack of continued living and existing in this world.  Obviously there are things I want to do and I can only do those by existing, but I can think of a few cases where its worth dying for. 

Bumped, for sadism.

Camus = teh win.  Much better than Satre, the jumped up little prick.

I say its theft, but I admit I'm a thief.  That said, if I really like a band I'll try and see them on tour or buy their merchandise instead of buying their albums, because in reality they are only getting a small cut of the profits, unless they somehow become really big and can demand alot on their contract.

I'm pretty certain the intellectual copyright laws on the songs are actually owned by the companies who produce and market the album.  The contract means the writers get a cut, but the corp takes the vast share of the earnings.  And since the corp didn't write it....that feels wrong.  Profits are fine, but that aspect of the current system needs to be changed.

If the artist wants to distribute it for free, then they should.  If they don't, then they shouldn't.  But of course, when you consider the say the big record companies have in this, some bands may not be able to make some of "their" stuff free, even if they want, because they don't fully own it.

It is often in the record companies interest to allow limited free downloads, however little they actually do it.  Thats what happened in America with anime, the Japanese companies allowed it to be copied and shared freely, then came along later with charged items.  They built a huge fanbase that way, much more quickly than most expected.

Word on the street is the HIMEOBS is taking its Christmas holidays in January, but will be back and operational by the end of the month.

Just ordered Camus' The Rebel and The Stranger and Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive and his masterpiece, Guns Germs and Steel.

I less than three Amazon, to the depths of my soul.

Being and Nothingness by Satre.

Damn this is a tough read. I'm not really up on Husserl or Heidegger, who he references constantly and the obtuseness of the translation makes Satre sound more German than French (and I find German philosophers incredibly hard and boring to read).

Still, if I can ever make sense of it, it could be promising.  I'm quite interested in the idea of how bad faith relates to acting and freedom.

This is true.  The only way any of us will get that cushy a gig is if we somehow land a column in a newspaper.

Alright, I will.  Why?

Yeah.  You wont believe how much I laughed when I first saw that.  I thought it was a parody, but since it was on an actual music channel, it must be the real thing.

Fuck, I'm white, and I'm French.  Canadian-French no less.

I suck.

I'm gonna go put on the Black Parade and take a nice warm bath.......

For the love of god you can't possibly be white enough to like My Chemical Romance, are you?!

Must admit I only heard black parade but I kinda like it. Kinda Busted or Mcfly crossed with Smashing Pumpkins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb1IVPOehNM

Listen and prepare to....laugh.  In a bad way.

Its the Dominionist ideal, certainly, and explains their sickening U-turn from anti-semitism to Israel being able to do no wrong.  If the Kingdom of Israel is not at its Biblical boundaries by the time of the Apocalypse (which 25% of the Pentagon once believed would be nuclear war with the USSR, but now could easily be China or Iran), then Jesus will shut up shop and cleanse the earth of the faithful and unbeliever alike.

I'm glad policy is being decided along incorrect interpretations of 2000 year old fairy tales.  Srsly.  Its like going to Iran, without having to travel.

The internet has kind of helped alot.  The site where I download alot of my music from, for example, puts up stuff that gets nowhere near the commercial UK (or sometimes even US) scene.  Because I'm not paying I'm willing to listen to alot more stuff I've never heard before.