Why are people always asking whether or not God exists? I’m tired of it. It is an unanswerable question. If there were empirical evidence, the evidenced entity would not be God, at least not in any recognizable sense. That’s why faith is central to religious belief. The funny thing is, the question of God’s existence is not important…
Most quotes from famous people about writing describe it as a grueling, joyless experience. I don’t like those quotes because I fear that they discourage people from trying to write themselves. I also find them somewhat annoying- if writing is so awful, why are these people doing it? There is one that does speak to…
Chocolate candy is better frozen. It doesn’t matter what kind of chocolate bar it is. It could be straight chocolate or have other ingredients, like Snickers. It’s always better frozen. Orange is the worst color for candy. Now, I’m not talking about the packaging. I mean the candy itself. If there’s an orange option, it…
There are lots of things that I don’t understand. In this post, I’m thinking about the everyday, mundane things that I don’t understand. I’m not talking about things like genetic engineering. That is something I don’t understand, but it is also something that I never encounter and have no reason to understand. These are things…
Women complain all the time that their clothes rarely come with pockets. I’ve always found it baffling that they don’t come with pockets. I mean if women want pockets in their clothes, there’s a demand. It seems like someone could make a fortune supplying that demand. So, my question is simple: Is there an actual…
For most of my life, I have been unable to nap. According to my parents, even as a baby I didn’t nap. I had always heard how great naps were. People would awake from a nap feeling rested and refreshed. At least that’s what they said. I don’t know what reason they’d have to lie,…
It’s day nine of 2023. How’s everybody doing? I hope everyone’s good. It feels like a lot has happened in the first nine days of the year. We had that hilarious Speaker nonsense in the House of Representatives. A bunch of Brazilians decided to attempt their own insurrection. The war between Ukraine and Russia seems…
Panpsychism is a philosophical idea that seems to be getting more and more popular. I just can’t wrap my head around it. The basic idea is that mind is everywhere. In other words, everything in the universe has something mental about it. Rocks, water, and air in some minimal sense have minds. The thing is,…
Yesterday I wrote a post about ChatGPT. Today, for those who don’t know, I want to explain what ChatGPT is. I know this is in the wrong order, but I think I’ll have more to say about it tomorrow. ChatGPT is a variant of the popular language model GPT-3 developed by OpenAI. As the name…
I quit Twitter when Elon Musk took over. I know my one account means nothing to Twitter or to Musk, but I just couldn’t support a racist, misinformation peddling, conspiracy theorist. I was never a heavy user. It was fun to go on and chat with friends, read Star Trek Minus Context, and things like…
