Friday, June 16, 2023

Sunday, April 2, 2023

WonderCon 2023 Cosplay Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFxikNSs8IM

I don't know how I came across this video, but it makes me think that people need to reevaluate their priorites in life.  Are we going to be a nation of adult childern who dress up as their favorite fictional characters?

Costume parties go back hundreds of years, and there are times when it is appropriate for people to gather and make merry, but people tend to worship their favorite fictional franchise.  When people dress up as superheroes, then it seems a bit much.

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

The 7 Emotions that Push Civilization

This is one of the most insightful videos I have seen.  It claims to show how different societies were driven by various emotions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul2iW3mWl90

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Friday, November 18, 2022

Deconstructing Jordan Peterson on Religion

The commentator expresses frustrations with Jordan Peterson which I share.   Peterson becomes extremely evasive on the topic of religion and tends to obfuscate his answers.   If he wants to be non-committal then I would be okay with that, as it would be perfectly fine for him to say that he doesn't know, but he tends to jump all over the place.  It feels like he over-analyzes.  I am guessing that he looks at all topics from a psychological perspective, and his concept of truth seems to be based on how it affects us psychologically.  

This seems like a relativistic point of view, where truth is subjective.  To some extent, truth is going to be subjective because we can't perceive everything, but beyond our subjective viewpoint, there is an absolute truth regardless of whether we can perceive it.