Pathodicy

After having studied the Bible, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, the Enlightenment, Existential Philosophy, Post Modern Philosophy, Cultural Anthropology, Linguistics, Film, Philosophical Linguistics (my fav) and after having traveled to a number of relevant countries and cultures, I've concluded that all human knowledge is arbitrary. Before we start talking about Truth, truths, or truthiness, understand two things. We, corporately and as individuals, don't know everything and we've been wrong before. It is this way because we are finite beings. Our brains, at least for the next few millennia, will be 3 pounds of imperfect, yet miraculous connectivity. This consistently imperfect connectivity means that human description is always incomplete, exact prescription impossible. So what's the point of knowing anything if we can't know everything, or at least, one thing absolutely? Well, there's no answer to that, a similar trait most questions have. But, loo...

In America I grew up thinking my language, my nation's story, and my family's interaction patterns were unique and authoritative above all. As I grew in bodily and mental capacity, I ventured outside those first conclusions handed down (but mostly absorbed) from my family and culture. This is not to say that these narratives or, from whom they were inherited, were or are wrong. It is to say that humans are at our best when we're exploring, and that all exploration is bodily, given that our encountering difference forges new physical pathways, 'grooves', in the brain. These grooves form according to our closest reference points to, or approximations of, the newly encountered thing. The larger the 'stockpile' of difference within the brain, the more experience the brain has with fitting 'newness' or novelty into familiar symbol, immediately and effectively useful. This is where the spark of consciousness is most visible. Regardless the catalyst, ...

Campaign Finance is the single most important issue in America. America's electoral process is  America. Today, I came across a warning given by Abraham Lincoln in a letter, written November 21,1864. He warns of an approaching calamity...  "As a result of the war, corporations have become enthroned, and an era of corruption in high places will follow. The money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its rule by preying upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is concentrated in few hands and the Republic is destroyed . (emphasis mine)". http://www.ctn.state.ct.us/civics/campaign_finance/Support%20Materials/CTN%20CFR%20Timeline.pdf