Darwinism:What does it mean for “responsibility” and “altruism”? (Part 4)
on Aug 1, 2009 in Darwinism freedom life philosophers philosophy altruism blank-paper Darwinism Charles Darwin dualism ethics evolution evolutionary psychology free will gene-machine Darwinism genetics liberty responsibility scepticism self-determination sociobiology standard social science model Looking now at altruism we will assume that we can have free will, and will be asking the next question, which is – can our choices be moral? The two conditionals I will look at are: if we are only the result of natural selection, altruism is an il...

Brown is a spittiing image of 1996 Major
on Jul 31, 2009 in General Election Totalitarianism absurdity comedy government politics sleaze life scepticism ethics Gordon Brown Labour Party Poll daily telegraph parliament expenses scandal MPs John Major Spitting Image YouGov Zulu Dawn Islandwana Our Dear Leader Gordon, has been likened to another man who faced his political downfall with little more than a feeble gasp, John Major in 1996. Like Major’s Spitting Image caricature, Brown is grey, muddled, and facing the political void wi...

Brown is a spitting image of 1996 Major
on Jul 31, 2009 in General Election Totalitarianism absurdity comedy government politics sleaze daily telegraph ethics expenses scandal Gordon Brown Islandwana John Major Labour Party life MPs parliament Poll scepticism Spitting Image YouGov Zulu Dawn Our Dear Leader Gordon, has been likened to another man who faced his political downfall with little more than a feeble gasp, John Major in 1996. Like Major’s Spitting Image caricature, Brown is grey, muddled, and facing the political void wi...

Twatted by twitter
on Jul 29, 2009 in Totalitarianism Twitter absurdity comedy free speech government life politics sleaze 1984 Conservative Party david cameron Labour Party MPs parliament Peter Mandelson Reuters scepticism Tory Party Dave Cameron says twitter is for twats, so what? He’s hardly a sweary fucking bastard now is he? He doesn’t like twitter. On the other hand Labour apparatchiks have issued a guide to help ministers understand how to use Twitter. They jus...

The Bastards are are still troughing
on Jul 28, 2009 in Totalitarianism absurdity government politics sleaze tragedy scepticism ethics Labour Party Tory Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrat Party daily telegraph parliament Harriet Harman expenses scandal MPs Alan Duncan Nick Harvey Well, well, well, the hacks over at the Daily Torygraph are a tenacious little bunch aren’t they? seems like our holidaying MPs are still finding ways to keep their noses in the taxpayer-funded trough. The little tinkers have devised a new sche...

Let’s have free speech in art, but don’t annoy the muslims
on Jul 26, 2009 in absurdity comedy free speech freedom god libertarianism liberty life philosophy politics religion art bible Christianity daily mail dhimmi ethics gallery of Modern Art Glasgow Gordon Brown harm principle hypocrisy islam islamofascists monotheism muslims negative liberty positive liberty quran religious intolerance scepticism Tracy Emin Now, regular readers of this blog will know I’m very much a libertarian – I believe in free speech up to the point until it becomes incitement to commit crime – all else is fair enough, and the power to offend someone should not be...

How to PWN a Gucci Socialist
on Jul 26, 2009 in Totalitarianism absurdity free speech freedom government politics sleaze 1984 Andy Coulson BBC BNP CCTV champagne socialists Conservative Party damian mcb daniel hannan david cameron Derek Draper Downing Street ethics expenses scandal Gordon Brown Guardianistas gucci socialists gun laws Harriet Harman jacqui smith Labour Party labourlist Liberal Democrat Party libertarianism liberty life michael martin middle class wankers MPs nanny state News of the World Norwich North by-election parliament Peter Mandelson police state scepticism sleazegate the Guardian Tory Party I’m an occasional poster on an obscure interweb forum whose name I won’t mention, where there’s a fair amount of disagreement about current world events. One poster in particular is a sanctimonious poseur socialist, who owns three h...

Darwinism: What does it mean for “responsibility” and “altruism”? (Part 3)
on Jul 25, 2009 in Darwinism god philosophers philosophy religion altruism blank-paper Darwinism Charles Darwin creationism ethics evolution evolutionary psychology extended phenotype free will freedom genes genetics liberty life origin of species religious intolerance responsibility Richard Dawkins scepticism self-determination This leads us onto the next divide on the scope of Darwinism, dualism/materialism and the problem of determinism. In both above views of materialism, humans are only products of forces that existed before us, so we cannot be responsible. The implicat...

Stuffed in Norwich, but so are Labour
on Jul 24, 2009 in General Election Totalitarianism UK Libertarian Party freedom government libertarianism liberty life politics sleaze tragedy scepticism ethics Gordon Brown Labour Party minarchism Tory Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrat Party BNP UKIP Poll parliament Norwich North by-election Peter Mandelson expenses scandal MPs LPUK We got 36 votes, a shocking result. But, the only way is up, and the silver lining is that Labour got their arses handed to them on a plate. The Tories won the seat overturning the 5459 Labour majority to win by 7348 votes. That is one helluva kicki...

Handlebar & Chin Puff Challenge (Day 14)
on Jul 24, 2009 in Handlebar Club Handlebar and chin puff Challenge comedy life xenophon afghanistan Brighton & Hove Clubman moustache wax handlebar and chin puff My facial growth was looking a bit ginger speckled with too much grey, so I’ve purchased some Clubman Moustache & Beard Wax in the colour brown, which I purloined from this fine online trader, quick delivery too. Dashed messy stuff, but as...