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"The World is what we make it and to the making of it each one of us can contribute something. This thought makes hope possible: and in this hope...

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By Brian Taylor | October 14th 2009 11:53 AM | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
The Domain of Morality Illustrates Religious Nepotism and Nepotistic Religiousness.
(The Domain is something that I have touched upon in my other posts, for those of you who have read my work, I apologise for repeating myself. If you have an understanding of the Domain please feel free to scroll down to the line marking the beginning of my main argument.)

    The Domain of Morality itself is the current accepted standardization of opinion. It is simply a scale that is arranged in what we would consider an “atypical political right/left” scenario thusly:
    

By Brian Taylor | July 29th 2009 12:21 PM | 2 comments | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
Now we can contain whales in our starships!
(sorry for just pasting and running, really busy...)

"Scientists claim to have created a form of aluminum that's nearly transparent to extreme ultraviolet radiation and which is a new state of matter."

Click here for full story.

By Brian Taylor | July 6th 2009 12:50 AM | 10 comments | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
Contemplating Eudaimonea

Some recent discussions here have prompted me to comment on the ideas of happiness and eudaemonia, which are considerations of note in my work. In fact, I’m currently writing a chapter that dares to call itself “The final word on Eudaimonia,” but unless the discussion here turns out to be the most inspirational ever, I’m sure this title will change. I submit my notes sans conclusions complet, I hope you find them eudaemonic...

“Fundamental happiness depends more than anything else upon what may be called a friendly interest in persons and things.” - The Conquest of Happiness - 1930 Bertrand Russell.

By Brian Taylor | June 6th 2009 05:29 PM | 3 comments | Print | E-mail | Track Comments

If you’re not familiar with the work of Dr. Rupert Sheldrake it may help to know that his most popular experiments were featured on British television in the form of specials that you can view, at least in part, on youtube, under titles like “Dogs that know when their owners are coming home.” and “Telephone telepathy.”


By Brian Taylor | June 4th 2009 11:31 PM | 7 comments | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
I'm a bit of a movie buff.
I especially like science fiction movies.
I'm also a little paranoid and keen on conspiracy theories.
It should therefore come to no surprise that I was sucked into the viral marketing of Roland Emerich's new 2012 Movie.

http://www.instituteforhumancontinuity.org/

The site let's you have some fun simulating various doomsday scenarios. There are links to a quite comical new age guru in the form of "Charlie" and his youtube channel. (I won't spoil the fun with name dropping or links.)  Be sure to sign up for the lottery, perhaps you will win and be saved either underground or in space!


By Brian Taylor | March 21st 2009 03:23 PM | 1 comment | Print | E-mail | Track Comments

 Assignee's Prerogative vs. Value: 

By Brian Taylor | March 20th 2009 12:55 PM | 4 comments | Print | E-mail | Track Comments

 This began as a response to a comment made on my Blog: Conservatism is Unnatural.
 It grew.



 People look back on the societies of the past with an amused superiority. They wonder how people could ever have been so silly. Without even a consideration of what it means to live in the present they have no doubt as to their perfection. What may be required is nearly a perfect opposite: A great loss of trust. It has to come from the final exhaustive admittance of how our horribly inept past has us contemplating a hopeless future.
 

By Brian Taylor | November 11th 2008 04:47 PM | 4 comments | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
This is the fourth essay from Brian Taylor's lowbrow explanation of the concepts facing the modern enlightened.  So far, using plain language, typical story-like reflections and humor he has explained not only that we have all been lied to for thousands of years and not only have we believed the lie but are only now discovering the lie is actually working against us.

    This latest installment hopes to prove that the edicts of conservatism are counter-productive in natural systems.

    It is recommended that you read the Assignee's Prerogative blog chronologically.

    Best Thoughts,
    Brian Taylor

Conservatism is Unnatural



By Brian Taylor | November 11th 2008 04:04 PM | 4 comments | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
This is the third installment explaining in plain language the promise and pitfalls of the new modern Enlightenment.
    In this essay the practical exemplification of the power of paradigm begins to illustrate the absurdity of counter-productive man. It is recommended that you read this blog in chronological order.




By Brian Taylor | November 11th 2008 03:24 PM | 1 comment | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
This essay is the second in the series concerning Assignee's Prerogative, the new Enlightenment's promise and shortcomings in an easy to understand empirical precis.

This essay hopes to illumine the masses to concepts, types, powers and dangers of Paradigm. It is recommended that this blog be read chronologically.
  
Putting Paradigm in it’s Place.