Category Archives: philosophy

links for 2010-03-25: they’re made of meat

Meat Terry Bisson's short story, one of the first that ever came my way over the net, back in the early 90s, coming around again (they always come around) via the Daily Grail (tags: Terry-Bisson meat scifi story SETI consciousness)

Posted on March 25, 2010 by pilgrim

Posted in Cosmos, literature, philosophy, scifi, _del.icio.us | Tagged consciousness, meat, philosophy, scifi, SETI, story, Terry Bisson | Leave a comment

links for 2010-03-24: vintage Marvin Minsky

Why People Think Computers Can't Marvin Minsky's 1982 article. In txt format! Read it like it's 1982! (tags: ai programming philosophy technology Marvin-Minsky)

Posted on March 24, 2010 by pilgrim

Posted in philosophy, Science and Technology, software, _del.icio.us | Tagged AI, consciousness, Marvin-Minsky, philosophy, programming, technology | Leave a comment

Another Downfall parody: Hitler finds out

Hitler finds out about another Downfall parody from dawsonbros The funniest thing I’ve seen in, well, waaaay too long. Also, it should be mentioned, this clip checks a record number of categories on this blog, which I should probably restore … more…

Posted on September 4, 2009 by pilgrim

Posted in Catastrophe, copyright, history, humour, language, Leviathan, Maps and Legends, music, philosophy, politics, Science and Technology, sport, TV, War | Tagged Adolf Hitler, copyright, dawsonbros, Downfall, embed, humour, subtitles, validation | Leave a comment

links for 2007-12-03: Pullman interview

Philip Pullman interview A longer version of an email interview with PP conducted for Christianity Today. (tags: Philip-Pullman literature religion christianity philosophy atheism)

Posted on December 3, 2007 by pilgrim

Posted in literature, philosophy, Religions and Cults, _del.icio.us | Tagged atheism, Christianity, literature, philip-pullman, philosophy, religion | Leave a comment

links for 2007-11-14: laws of power

The 48 Laws of Power How to be a complete bastard. Or, how to spot a complete bastard, if and when it isn’t totally bleeding obvious (via LinkMachineGo) (tags: politics philosophy strategy)

Posted on November 14, 2007 by pilgrim

Posted in philosophy, politics, _del.icio.us | Tagged philosophy, politics, sociopathy, strategy | Leave a comment

links for 2007-08-12: Dick’s universe

How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later PK Dick from 1978 on deoxy.org. Stumbled across this again following a link in a comment on Warren’s latest column (yeah, hyeurgh! Dick-related column!) at Suicide Girls (tags: … more…

Posted on August 13, 2007 by pilgrim

Posted in literature, philosophy, scifi, _del.icio.us | Tagged essays, P.K.-Dick, philosophy, reality hacking, scifi, Suicide Girls | Leave a comment

links for 2007-08-11: booksellers, Gilles Deleuze

Bookstore chain puts the screws on small publishers – and small publisher sticks it to the man. (tags: australia books commerce publishing) L’Abecedaire de Gilles Deleuze, with Claire Parnet (tags: philosophy theory deleuze)

Posted on August 12, 2007 by pilgrim

Posted in commerce, philosophy, politics, _del.icio.us | Tagged Australia, booksellers, Claire Parnet, commerce, Deleuze, philosophy, publishing | Leave a comment

links for 2007-08-06: Satanism

New Statesman – The gates of Hell are thrown open… An explanation of the rudiments of Satanism. Not especially eloquent, but noteworthy that The New Statesman should be including such an article in its Faith column… (tags: satanism, religion)

Posted on August 7, 2007 by pilgrim

Posted in philosophy, Religions and Cults, The Void, _del.icio.us | Tagged New-Statesman, philosophy, Religions-and-Cults, Satanism | Leave a comment

links for 2007-07-14: Alan Watts Theater

Alan Watts Theater Short Alan Watts lecture clips, animated by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. (via MeFi) (tags: Alan-Watts, Trey-Parker, Matt-Stone, animation, philosophy)

Posted on July 15, 2007 by pilgrim

Posted in animation, philosophy, _del.icio.us | Tagged Alan-Watts, animation, Matt-Stone, philosophy, Trey-Parker | Leave a comment

links for 2007-01-19: techno-progressive vocabulary

Sentient Developments: Must-know terms for the 21st Century intellectual: Redux Transhumanist and technoprogressive perspectives on science, philosophy, ethics, and the future of intelligent life (tags: concepts ai culture technology singularity future)

Posted on January 19, 2007 by pilgrim

Posted in Cultural, language, philosophy, Science and Technology, Social Studies, _del.icio.us | Tagged concepts, culture, futurism, singularity, technology, technoprogressive, transhumanism | Leave a comment