The Philosophy of the Socratic Gadfly

This is a slice of my philosophical, lay scientific, musical, religious skepticism, and poetic musings. (All poems are my own.) The science and philosophy side meet in my study of cognitive philosophy; Dan Dennett was the first serious influence on me, but I've moved beyond him. The poems are somewhat related, as many are on philosophical or psychological themes. That includes existentialism and questions of selfhood, death, and more. Nature and other poems will also show up here on occasion.

The Philosophy of the Socratic Gadfly
Thursday, March 22, 2007

I want a lover …

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I want the love of a true lover. I want the love that, when I look in her eyes, I feel like I’m swimming 10 miles deep. I want the love that...
Tuesday, March 13, 2007

It was/wasn’t “meant to happen” — I think not

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A few weeks back, I posted about how karma might be worse than Christian fundamentalism . On the same axis, but “neurotic” to karma’s “psych...
Friday, March 09, 2007

A birthday poem for “Pharyngula,” aka P.Z. Myers

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A Pharyngula , like an amygdala, Can be emotionally powerful, Generating fear In illogical creationists. His mind is still evolving (And, ye...
Sunday, February 25, 2007

The Titanic, yes; Jesus’ tomb, I don’t think so

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James Cameron of Titanic discovery fame claims he has found the tomb of Jesus as well as a son, Judah. He claims he has verified the discov...
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Friday, February 23, 2007

Reason No. 972 astrology is nutbar: What the hell is a “stealth Leo”?

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Helen Mirren talks about being an astrological Leo, then about her latest director, Stephen Frears, being a stealth Leo. Is that like being...
Friday, February 16, 2007

Karma: The greatest religious evil ever perpetuated?

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Maybe it is. (In saying this, I’m referring to the traditional Hindu-Buddhist metaphysical doctrine, not the metaphorical “what goes around,...
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Thursday, February 01, 2007

Martin Luther: Lutherans can’t explain away his remaining trapped in fear

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Ten years or so after his “Damascus road” flash of insight into being saved by grace alone, depending on your start date for counting, Marti...
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