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Concrete Over Emphasis

Concrete Over EmphasisPeople can die of mere imagination. - Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400)Taxi! These Wings are a Mixture of Concrete an Make Believe - A planksip® RembrancerWhat makes you write today? Wrong turns,

Gerard Manley Hopkins (Poet)

Silence Interrupted

Discrete yet affective is the leitmotiv of today's titled responsion. This interplay between the concrete and the imagined is interrupted only by silence, complete and utter nothingness. The phantasm of it all plays out like an illusion of the will, free for some, epiphenominal or not.

Gerard Manley Hopkins (Poet)

Mount Olympus

This non-existent pathway to creativity isn't prescriptive, what Gerard Manley Hopkins is referring to is the Mount Parnassus in Greece. I added the "Mount Olympus" to the entitled responsion because of this allusion but also the mnemonic that all first year neuroscience studies should...

Thomas Paine (Founding Father of the United States)

On "Pain"ful Adversity

The completeness of pain is uniquely human when coupled with our perception of time. However domestically abused the domesticated animals we exploit, the realization, the angst and suffering is intensified in the prefrontal cortex area of the human mind.

Thomas Paine (Founding Father of the United States)

Spend Wisely My Friend

Spend Wisely My FriendWhat we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. - Thomas Paine (1737-1809)Parse, Then Prosper - The Mountainous Terrain of

Thomas Paine (Founding Father of the United States)

Necrocosm Natterings and the Negation of the Dead

Necrocosm Natterings and the Negation of the DeadTo argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. - Thomas Paine (1737-1809)We are Better

Thomas Paine (Founding Father of the United States)

The Elegant Equilibrium is Somewhere Between Triumph and Disaster

The featured meme pits the null hypothesis against a quota of aggression in a battle field of modern sport. Organized aggression by the will of the people is acceptable and enjoyable. The biological explanation settles on context dependency.

Thomas Paine (Founding Father of the United States)

Negate Narcissus and Resist Temptation

The epitome of individualism is found in North America, specifically the United States of America. This is not a pejorative, nor should it be. This particular shade of individualism is often studied in the social sciences and the American lifestyle is the baseline.

Thomas Paine (Founding Father of the United States)

Living within the State of Contention

Living within the State of ContentionGovernment, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. - Thomas Paine (1737-1809)US versus Them and the Failed

Thomas Paine (Founding Father of the United States)

A Sustainable Live Worth Living

A Sustainable Live Worth Living'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. - Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine (Founding Father of the United States)

Freedom Comes with Responsibility

Freedom Comes with ResponsibilityThose who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. - Thomas Paine (1737-1809)A Good Planck Lets You Picket - Another

Thomas Paine (Founding Father of the United States)

The Ethical Dogmatist

It is a dogma of sorts, but let's not ruminate on the downside of American politics or the efficacy of the ideals put forth by their founding fathers, there are many slippery slopes and I would rather keep our path virtuous. The starting point is a consensus of congratulations.

Gerard Manley Hopkins (Poet)

Eternal Light Mixed With External Narrative

Eternal Light Mixed With External NarrativeThe world is charged with the grandeur of God. - Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)God-Like Wisdom or the Ideal to Work Towards? - A planksip® MöbiusSnippet Code:

Gerard Manley Hopkins (Poet)

Breath-Taking

Breath-TakingO the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed. - Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)Fire Breathing Passion and a planksip® MöbiusSnippet Code: p.2VOcdxnIf you are reading this and

Gerard Manley Hopkins (Poet)

Leaving Heaving

Leaving HeavingMargaret, are you grieving Over Goldengrove unleaving? - Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)Give Leaves of Grass it's Dew Read and Celebrate - A planksip® Power PlaySnippet Code: p.2VNXySTIf you are reading

Gerard Manley Hopkins (Poet)

The Theatre is Near You

The Theatre is Near YouWhat would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and

Gerard Manley Hopkins (Poet)

Tranquil Nothingness

Tranquil NothingnessElected Silence, sing to me And beat upon my whorlèd ear, Pipe me to pastures still and be The music that I care to hear. - Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)I Would

Thomas Paine (Founding Father of the United States)

No More Existential Excuses

No More Existential ExcusesIf there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. - Thomas Paine (1737-1809)Greta's Burning Man - What Happens When We Run

Jeremy Bentham (Philosopher)

Mover over rover, Mars is no more

No longer a focus I mean, the extent to which we should focus on space exploration may need to be put on hold until we get our house (Oikos) in order. The planet should be the priority, crisis means diverting means and economic focus towards the outcomes that are sustainable for ecological balance.

Jeremy Bentham (Philosopher)

Antidotes to Chaos

The intent of all laws should be to help rather than punish. Infusing compassion into jurisprudence is an end in itself. Any violation towards the Polis is a reflection of the society at large. We are we, despite our tendency to dichotomize US versus them. Compassion is the key.

Jeremy Bentham (Philosopher)

Yah, ya! I know. Tweek it.

Virtues are the minimum and the Greeks set the bar. Greatest number versus greatest happiness is a measure of the State. Individuals are more complicated; the cascading impulses predict behaviour irregardless of the "greater outcome".

Jeremy Bentham (Philosopher)

insufferable

insufferableThe question is not, can they reason? Nor, can they talk? But, can they suffer? - Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)I don't like that word, Dogma - Another planksip® PedadoggyWhen you take an animal

Jeremy Bentham (Philosopher)

YES, but within a virtue framework!

Virtues are the minimum and the Greeks set the bar. Greatest number versus greatest happiness is a measure of the State. Individuals are more complicated; the cascading impulses predict behaviour irregardless of the "greater outcome".

Jeremy Bentham (Philosopher)

Liar, Liar... I object your Honour!

When I wrote Virtue Ethics and Lawyers (2016) I compared and contrasted the effects of Hellenic virtue rhetoric to our current Jurisprudence (the study of law), I fear the statistical direction we are now headed lacks a narrative if it's needed at all!

Jeremy Bentham (Philosopher)

Immunity for Arrogance

"A bad liar is a bad lawyer indeed", or so the saying goes. This move towards probabilistic outcomes is systematic of the pendulum going too far. There is still room for ethics grounded in virtue. The law of the land should reflect this.