Tag Archives: Albert Einstein

fundamental creation: an evolving debate

Supposedly, beliefs do have consequences. And its a long standing argument where a vindication of evolution over revelation is warranted, justified, or an outright falsehood, junk science foisted on the public. Depsite the seeming evidence of random, mutual and natural … Continue reading

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thinking and taking the book out of the box

Mitt Romney and Israel still making waves or hay as he tries to throw Obama into the barn. Its all B.S. but gives the pundits what to wax on, or better yet to chew and spit out. Frankly, Sheldon Adelson … Continue reading

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cosmic atom anarchist of the aurora

What happens when you cross anarchism with nuclear physics? That could be a volatile combination to be sure, one wavering towards some nihilistic tendencies, yet stopping short of falling off the cliff. Artistically, it could be pretty interesting if the … Continue reading

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mythologizing camera

Compared to Norman Rockwell for depicting a slice of life Americana, but the comparison is a but unjust; Ozzie Sweet’s work lacks that element of American disavowal and the subtle and hidden eroticism found in much of Rockwell’s illustration. From … Continue reading

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genius of action: power of whim and command

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) i’ve come to realize that there are two sorts of genius in this world. since we are ‘dualists’ in western culture (at least since descartes), it’s not an odd thing to see. there is, of course, … Continue reading

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don’t mess with the holy fool

Regarded as a kind of holy fool who could stretch time and space while spitting on Isaac Newton’s cape and could scare off Voltaire with flashing visions of nihilistic revelry,a positive nihilism, a kind of messianic negation of the mundane … Continue reading

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loose lips sink ships: uncertainty principal

As Clausewitz postulated, war is simply a means for a pre-determined purpose. A continuation of policy which implies a rather solid and usually sordid link between politics and war. There have been newer theories, which may actually be clever repackaging … Continue reading

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normality of silent running: adventures in immanence

Blame it on Spinoza. Spinoza provided the raw material for the abandonment of Jewish messianism and what had been the conventional and traditional religious conceptions that had defined jewish life in the diaspora.Spinoza was the architect of liberal democracy and … Continue reading

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guess who’s coming to dinner

The world had changed. To draw similarities with today is hazardous- the situation is more complex today- but some of the contexts bear semblance, the same family genes so to speak. When Chaplin met Einstein in January 1931, the financial … Continue reading

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putting the old cat back in the bag

Its an ongoing comedy that says much more about the nature of Canadians than the actual facts surrounding the issue. Its the incongruous image of the American notion of “a gentler kinder people” and the appalling violence of the national … Continue reading

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