30,879,230 people have died this year as I’m writing this. They say antinatalism is a memento mori, but death is literally all around us. Culture, media, academia, war, government and our personal lives are arguably saturated with it. But as Peter Zappffe argues, most of us anchor and distract ourselves[…]
Looking southeast from my balcony, one landmark stands out: the massive Richard L. Hearn Generating Station. Built in 1951, as a response to soaring post-WWII demand for energy, the station boasted eight chimneys that spewed ash and smog into downtown Toronto and surrounding neighbourhoods. The environmental movement of the sixties[…]
I’ve been told that if I could discuss antinatalism, doesn’t mean that I should. I wasn’t presented with compelling reasons for remaining silent on the subject but here is why I believe talking about antinatalism is not only appropriate but necessary. To be clear, antinatalism is unlikely to achieve widespread[…]
This is far from scientific, but after watching this interview (see below) I wandered into my own life as a genetic/evolutionary being. I have a mental disability (I should look into the evolutionary principles behind mental illness) which I continually question and wonder about. I’m also unable to work in[…]
The latest van attack in Toronto on April 23, 2018 was no doubt evocative of similar attacks in Nice, France (July, 14, 2016) and Berlin, Germany (December 19, 2016). But it was also evocative of the Charlottesville, Virginia car attack in 2017. While the motives of the Toronto van attack[…]
I’m not at liberty to disclose a lot of what the meat of the matter is in this note, but I continue hoping that you’ll trust i’m not lying, or at least not wilfully misleading anyone. I feel it somewhat cruel to divulge everything for various factors. Possibly, I might[…]
I’m writing this post with all the modern aides of the internet turned off. I’m hoping this allows me to represent myself more honestly than with the use of a thesaurus, dictionary and the wealth of finger tip information afforded through cyberspace. I’ve continued reading, however, online and off, and[…]
In a recent conversation I found myself trying to determine what “belief” is. While the definition is natural to my atheistic sensibilities, I think one is confused or, uses interchangeably, ‘belief’ and ‘Belief’ (with an uppercase ‘B’). Demonstrably, one has suggested that belief is a lacking of empirical data to[…]
I have to address this tumult that makes itself known whenever atheism is mentioned. For five years, I’ve had some low lows and some high highs. Atheism had the least to do with it among all factors. Though, without doubt, atheism has become synonymous with my personal brand, and I’m[…]
I’m asked “How’s that book?”. I’m carrying Chris Hedges’, ‘When Atheism Becomes Religion’. Two days before, I was told that books on that subject are really just arguing semantics. My reply to the question, “I only read the first few pages. He seems to agree with me on some main[…]
