Category Archives: philosophy

Jul
06
2010

Realidad absoluta y creencias

Hoy en el trabajo tuvimos una discusión bastante interesante y acalorada que empezó con temas religiosos y terminó con temas filosóficos. La religión de por sí despierta muchas opiniones fuertes tanto a favor como en contra, y siempre es un poco controversial—por no decir contraproducente—debatir este tema. La idea con la que terminamos, y pienso [...]

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May
12
2010

Immediate knowledge

I am certainly not the first one to suggest this idea, so pardon my ignorance, since I currently have little resources to do a proper research. But the idea is this… At some point in humanity’s near future, we will cease to have the need for traditional education systems that have been in place for [...]

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Oct
06
2009

The importance of goals

No, I’m not talking about football (soccer, for you mentally-challenged gringos), but the kind you set and (try to) reach. Personal objectives, if you will. If there’s something I’ve consciously learned from my mother is just how important it is to have a clear set of goals defined in order to reach any sort of [...]

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Sep
27
2009

The Vastness of Space

It boggles the mind just how big the universe is. Our best estimations peg it at around 14 billion light years—a number limited by our own imagination and capacity to see light reflections. The best answer to satisfy our inquisitive nature is usually found in religious texts of our own authorship, instead of factual data [...]

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May
19
2009

License to breed

This is something I’ve been in favour of for a few years now, and when I recently touched the topic at work, I decided to jot about it here. As far as I knew, this was an original idea of mine, but judging from a quick Google search, it seems other folks have thought about [...]

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Feb
18
2009

Hoy vi un limpiabotas…

…ensacado. Tenía puesta una camisa amarilla de mangas largas, unos pantalones color marrón y unos zapatos negros. Debajo de su brazo izquierdo llevaba una lata vacía de leche, y en su derecho cargaba una caja de madera en excelente estado con una calcomanía del logo de Ferrari y el texto “NO FIO”. Se veía determinado. [...]

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Dec
16
2008

Humanism

Just found out what this philosophy branch is all about, and from now on, I consider myself a (secular) humanist. Yay for the Intertubes.

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