tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.comments2024-02-24T00:25:39.415-08:00Examined WorldsEthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490888839784651097noreply@blogger.comBlogger803125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-65516047319476621812024-01-20T01:17:36.437-08:002024-01-20T01:17:36.437-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Kevin Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357277201575671005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-25492246176006006402023-06-05T21:08:06.423-07:002023-06-05T21:08:06.423-07:00Thank you so much for the comment! I appreciate he...Thank you so much for the comment! I appreciate hearing that someone not only read this blog (which is not something I expect!), but that it resonated with you. I wish you the best with your own circumstances. In solidarity!Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13490888839784651097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-275123813009414682023-05-31T13:15:17.622-07:002023-05-31T13:15:17.622-07:00It's a bit strange to find myself — after goog...It's a bit strange to find myself — after googling some opinions on why one doesn't have to like the superhero madness that has taken over the world cinema, followed by a discussion on what should be considered moral relativism and what to do about it — here on this page in the end. Stranger than that is to be coming from a very different part of the world, having at best a theoretical knowledge about all the three topics gained with the blessing of the Global Web and not through an actual experience of living in the related circumstances. The strangest of all, perhaps, is to write this particular comment in hopes of I don't even know what other than simply feeling I ought to. Guess this is akin to feeling a kindred spirit from the first glance, but who knows. Or maybe it has something to do with virtually the same bunch of issues haunting the piece of the Earth I've happened to be born and live on, different only in nuances of the historical process that define unique particularities but boil down to the single gist. So many troublesome things in America that my fellow homelanders would not even bother to consider and equally many troublesome things that the Americans are probably unaware of happeing in a place halfway around the globe, but it's always like a soothing balm to the soul to discover somebody sensing something is wrong with the world around and not losing a measure of hope and strive for the better. I humbly ask to forgive me the pathos and rude attempts to write purple. Let me only say a fist raised in the air is a sign recognised no matter place, language, culture or religion. At the very least, thank you for a few hours of a rather satisfactory reading :)Doof Ex Machinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17673842980539737676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-29563374114077924392023-04-27T08:37:24.346-07:002023-04-27T08:37:24.346-07:00It was phenomenal! Thanks!It was phenomenal! Thanks!Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13490888839784651097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-25877728759325525482023-04-26T09:33:51.394-07:002023-04-26T09:33:51.394-07:00Looks phenomenal. Glad you did it.Looks phenomenal. Glad you did it.Adam J Nicolaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551039968637354871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-85371356789593639352022-11-19T05:37:21.785-08:002022-11-19T05:37:21.785-08:00Sad puppies indeed: mediocre authors (at best) and...Sad puppies indeed: mediocre authors (at best) and aware of it, disguising their self-serving ballot stuffing as a "fight against political correctness". their membership makes a good "don't bother" list.Bonzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18171851659456010996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-58873620571515262722022-11-19T04:28:12.074-08:002022-11-19T04:28:12.074-08:00I trust you got around to reading at least "T...I trust you got around to reading at least "The Bridge" and "Walking on Glass", two "non-M" but still pretty SciFi novels by the Master in the meantime.<br />And do read "The Crow Road". Actually, read everything, although "non-M" part of his opus have more slightly weaker (for Banks) titles than the "M" part.<br /><br />I glad I run into this blog. Cheers!Bonzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18171851659456010996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-17733122019888118932022-11-16T02:39:00.784-08:002022-11-16T02:39:00.784-08:00cool recommendations. Definitely check them!cool recommendations. Definitely check them!Shum Rumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03587700865885620149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-37620760472092378442022-08-29T11:07:54.261-07:002022-08-29T11:07:54.261-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Priyansh yadavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00544503764569470481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-38201185184933243032022-05-22T10:23:14.184-07:002022-05-22T10:23:14.184-07:00hahaha....hahaha....Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13490888839784651097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-45708562105941088322022-05-20T14:08:53.326-07:002022-05-20T14:08:53.326-07:00Weird Alf Yankovic . . . hahahaWeird Alf Yankovic . . . hahahaStephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857820033887269152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-17516163350863227712022-04-03T01:50:46.245-07:002022-04-03T01:50:46.245-07:00Nice Blog , Thanks
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What attracted me the most about this novel is the way the story is represented. Character illustration is so good that at some point you will fall in love with story. <br /><br /><a href="https://romancestockphotos.photoshelter.com" rel="nofollow">Maria@Stock Photos for romance covers</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16836904126837185444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-61535718070312509902021-12-14T13:24:51.865-08:002021-12-14T13:24:51.865-08:00"395. As if I haven’t marginalized myself eno..."395. As if I haven’t marginalized myself enough within the discipline of philosophy, lately I have come to have less desire to do “comparative philosophy,” which seems to be the most respectable way to do “non-Western” philosophy these days". Man, I feel you.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857820033887269152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-24510269360072835702021-12-02T06:27:30.741-08:002021-12-02T06:27:30.741-08:00Old thread, but still a funny read. I love these d...Old thread, but still a funny read. I love these discussions, they're always fascinatingly full of "deepities" and opinions, all of which are founded on a belief in rationality, which is in turn founded on a shared confidence in the reliability and objectivity of human consciousness, experience and and free will, which is, comically and sadly, completely unsupported by and contradictory to 90% of the world views held by the people who discuss these things.MrEazwahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14222037478653309374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-62988245877022566142021-12-01T20:05:51.122-08:002021-12-01T20:05:51.122-08:00I think the right is just better at framing issues...I think the right is just better at framing issues, and part of it is that I think they have an easier job: it's always easier to go back to a familiar past than to go forward into something we've never had. Not that articulating progressive values is impossible, but I think many on the American left have underestimated how difficult it can be to imagine a truly free society for everyone when we've never had one in our history. The active campaigns against understanding our history (like the absurd crusade against "Critical Race Theory") don't help, either, because it creates the illusion that we've always been this bastion of freedom and equality or whatever so there's no need to improve. I wish I could leave this comment on a happier note, but the threat to reproductive freedom in the Supreme Court right now isn't making that easy.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13490888839784651097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-85318785470167213682021-11-30T11:34:20.877-08:002021-11-30T11:34:20.877-08:00I've been saying this for years. I don't u...I've been saying this for years. I don't understand how this language keeps getting ceded. Freedom of reproduction. Freedom of religious choice. Freedom to exist safely in social spaces. Freedom to pursue happiness. The irony, of course, is that these are largely SHARED VALUES between right and left but there is a powerful propaganda force constantly working overtime to convince everyone it ain't so.Adam J Nicolaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551039968637354871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-88340135799801309852021-11-08T02:45:29.847-08:002021-11-08T02:45:29.847-08:00I high appreciate this post. It’s hard to find the...I high appreciate this post. It’s hard to find the good from the bad sometimes, but I think you’ve nailed it! would you mind updating your blog with more information? <a href="https://themindguild.com/evidence-humans-are-causing-climate-change/" rel="nofollow">evidence that humans caused climate change</a><br />yousufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180204126917559829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-58842573493181755762021-10-30T19:38:08.754-07:002021-10-30T19:38:08.754-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.totosafeguidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527967779028202519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-12815040176773806182021-10-22T10:36:43.185-07:002021-10-22T10:36:43.185-07:00You're welcome! It is definitely the kind of s...You're welcome! It is definitely the kind of story that can stick with you. The new film will feel really familiar to you. I'd check out the previous films if you want. The David Lynch version is super weird, but not super faithful to the book. The SciFi version follows the plot closely, but is a bit bland. Our case numbers have dropped significantly in the last couple weeks and we finally hit 50% vaccinated, which is why I went to see it in IMAX. I probably won't make a habit out of it (it's still a bit scary, especially with so many unmasked people in the theater), but on the other hand I should probably see a few movies now before whatever fresh hell awaits us in the winter happens. Take care!Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13490888839784651097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323383105577553414.post-83696396253379727332021-10-22T09:33:41.861-07:002021-10-22T09:33:41.861-07:00Thanks for this, Ethan - it sounds great! I'm ...Thanks for this, Ethan - it sounds great! I'm still working through the audiobook version right now. I read it around 20 years ago and it's amazing how much of the story is still with me, and the audiobook, acted out by several voice actors rather than read by a single voice, adds nice depth and complexity to the characters. I'll admit that I haven't seen ANY of the previous film versions, but I'm curious now - and will contemplate a theatre visit if case numbers ever finally drop in my area.Buddhist_philosopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246929532585980356noreply@blogger.com