By an Idiot The GG 23 Apr 202519 Apr 2025 "It is a great skill," I declared to no one in particular, "to twist an argument on its head, and the present abundance of peace and tranquility, of which only…
Captian's Log Free thoughts on The Problem of Evil: 22 Apr 202519 Apr 2025 I owe the idea to a speech given by the late Nabeel Qureshi for which I have not the energy, or perhaps it is the interest, in finding again. To…
Captian's Log Drabble: The Grey Town 2 Apr 2021 There is no rain here, and no sun; there is neither light nor darkness. All is grey. Here, these grey people put on their grey clothes and walk the grey…
Captian's Log What is Best In Life? 5 Dec 2020 I have heard it implied that no culture is better than any other. This seems, on the face of it, wrong. As part of the nature of a culture, it…
Captian's Log The Sun Rises 10 Aug 2019 Some say ignorance is the root of evil, and simple knowledge can make a man repent; they dream that darkness and light, the one emptying itself into the other, is…
Captian's Log The Knowledge of Good and Evil; A Rant 25 Jun 2019 (Below is a rambling, ill-edited rant regarding evil. I seem to have spent myself, however, in search of some conclusion. It stands where it stands, a series of thoughts as…
Captian's Log Re: The Abolition of Man 13 Jan 201913 Jan 2019 The “Abolition of Man” is written in three main sections: “Men Without Chests,” “The Way,” and the titular “The Abolition of Man.” These three sections follow a general argument. In…
Captian's Log I Will Be a Tree 11 Aug 2018 I will be a tree and not some mean bundle of sticks. I am at least a seed, and I will try to grow. I will join my roots into…
Captian's Log Musing on Goodness 3 Apr 2018 Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the evil and murderous villain tries to kill the good guys, and the main hero—who is the only one capable of standing up…
Captian's Log The Last Star 16 Nov 2017 So I'm sick, and I don't really want to write much of anything tonight. (Rummaging through my old files searching for something I haven't already posted.) I have more of…
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