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Vegetarianism: Part 2, Practical and Environmental Concerns

A tentative exploration of some motivations for vegetarianism by carl Wednesday, December 3 2008 # PermalinkC Comment
*Please Note* This is as yet unmoderated, and un-proof-read document. Feel free to point out omissions. Thank you. It continues from Vegetarianism, Part 1: History . The main motivations (or justifications) for switching to a vegetarian diet can be classified as follows: Practical Environmental Health Ethical Religious grounds Non-religious grounds I shall now discuss each of these categories separately, attempting to draw on…

Something Hilarious at Something Awful

AOL Search Log Bonanza of 2006 by carl Wednesday, November 12 2008 # PermalinkC Comment
You've gotta read this Something Awful page , linked from XKCD .

Vegetarianism: Part 1, History

Regurgitating untested viewpoints for all to dump on. by carl Thursday, November 6 2008 # PermalinkC Comment
Well well well. Here we are again, about to embark on another mostly aimless tangent. I feel I should begin with historical background, in light of my recent Romanticism/Age of Enlightenment divergence. Browsing the internet quickly takes one back a long way. Ancient to Medieval History In the West, we look back to the Greeks: You ask me for what reason Pythagoras abstained from eating the flesh of brutes? for my part I am astonished to think what appetite…

Free Will and Me

My Philosophical Heritage and Compatabilism by carl Tuesday, November 4 2008 # PermalinkC Comment
Some people are quite obsessed by 'free will' (some people don't give a flying proverbial. If in this category, go to 'Back'.) Mostly, they're either religious or avidly interested in the science/philosophy boundary. This means there are not only small variations of opinion, but massive rifts in viewpoint amongst those who find this an interesting question. I just thought I'd throw in my personal perspective and history. (A 'Free Will and Me' thing, you might say.) For those of…

Physics IS Useful!

Hooray for physics by carl Sunday, September 14 2008 # PermalinkC Comment
The sort of thing everyone wants to invent... [clicky]
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