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eve defy@zacc.bsky.social · 4d ago

as ever, my favourite thing abt contemporary western philosophy is materialists contorting themselves into increasingly convoluted shapes to make arguments like "we should just act normal and be nice to each other"

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Scott Santens@scottsantens.com · 4d ago

I just read Sapolsky's book Determined and it kind of blew my mind. There's a biological argument for unconditional basic income to be made based on how our decisions depend on factors beyond our control. If free will is an illusion, then we should make sure to end poverty and reduce chronic stress.

eve defy@zacc.bsky.social · 7d ago

can't stop thinking abt the emily wilson review of anne carson's wrong norma where she implies that carson's fans are all edgy teenagers who will eventually grow out of it T_T

Philosophy Bits@philosophybits.com · last wk.

“Nature cannot be explained as static — it can only be explained as progressing... Might not the immutable laws of nature be deception — might they not be highly unnatural. Everything follows laws and nothing follows laws.” — Novalis, Last Fragments

eve defy@zacc.bsky.social · last wk.

the best part about all this is that the real winner here is neither nolan nor wilson but a guy who, insofar as he was a real guy, died like three millennia ago

eve defy@zacc.bsky.social · last wk.

odyssey discourse immediately exiting into my peripheral vision as I discover wilson wrote a somewhat scathing review of anne carson's most recent book 😶

lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · last wk.

if you liked Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey it's because you're an unsophisticated rube with no appreciation for the classics. if you disliked Chris Nolan's The Odyssey it's because you are a snobbish bore who thinks they're too cool to enjoy a thrilling evening at The Movies