Ideas

On morality and objective truths

I've been thinking to myself lately that no objective truths exist. That everything is subjective. Especially morality. I've been moving away from the idea that objectivity exists at all, and instead thinking that maybe everything we think of as an objective truth is actually an illusion.

by Dan Levesque

Ideas

A Bad Philosopher's Guide to a New Year, New You

We're welcoming in the new year with five transformational suggestions for any budding bad philosophers out there.

by Dan Levesque

A Bad Philosopher's Guide to a New Year, New You

Ideas Pursuit of Wisdom

Odin on the Path of Moderate Wisdom

In the Havamal, Odin warns us about the pitfalls of having either too much or too little wisdom. The solution? Following the path of moderate wisdom.

by Dan Levesque

Ideas Ancient Chinese Philosophy

Zhuangzi on the Art of Un-Learning

In Daoism, becoming a follower of "the Course" or "the Way" requires us to drop all of our preformed conclusions about the way things are. How? The great text of the Zhuangzi might have an answer.

by Dan Levesque

Ideas Existentialism

Nietzsche on the Necessity of Hardship

In our overly pessimistic modern age, it may seem as though the primary purpose of life is to suffer. Nietzsche would agree, and he attempts to brings a solution to the table.

by Dan Levesque

Big-Picture Thinking Ideas

Four Reasons We Haven't Yet Detected Alien Civilizations

For as long as human beings have been wondering about the universe, we've been wondering if anyone else is out there. From what we can tell, the lack of evidence for technologically advanced alien civilizations seems to suggest that nobody is there.

by Dan Levesque

Four Reasons We Haven't Yet Detected Alien Civilizations

Ideas

We’ve Seeded the Moon with Life, Now Let's See if it can Survive

In April, a privately spacecraft, named Beresheet, accidentally crashed into the lunar surface. It now appears possible that part of the payload of tardigrades might have survived the impact—and could still be alive on the Moon at this very moment.

by Dan Levesque

We’ve Seeded the Moon with Life, Now Let's See if it can Survive

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