a time travel story. Have you ever had that strange feeling when you watch old movies? An intricate yearning for and familiarity with times past, marred by the fact that the intricacy is misplaced: you never saw that time with your own eyes, weren’t alive to see it in its full splendor. The feeling ofContinue reading “for the good of forever”
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an epiphany at altitude
this is my first work of fiction to be posted here. it’s a tale of two Cold War pilots, inspired by the terrible beauty of the planes they flew. the rate relations collapsed was shocking to the point of being laughable. a trade dispute, over some minor bullshit tariff. a spy, dug up in aContinue reading “an epiphany at altitude”
to play God or gardener
In seeking answers to questions on a universal scale, questions arise concerning our place as intelligent life. A key question in that category is one of companionship: in this incomparably vast universe, are we as humans alone? Are we the only living, advanced civilization, or are there other lives among the stars, unreachable? Answers toContinue reading “to play God or gardener”
a most beautiful sequence
Anyone who has been on a college campus, especially those of large, public universities like my own, have a general idea of the vast diversity of people one can encounter. Students and faculty from every walk of life stroll the quads and concourses of campus, each with their own stories, backgrounds, dreams and aspirations. Campuses,Continue reading “a most beautiful sequence”
social service-utility theory
Social life is hard to quantify in any meaningful way; by nature, social situations defy quantification in favor of emotion-based qualification. For people trying to gain a perspective of or kickstart their social and mental growth, quantification may make the complexity of social life easier to understand. In an attempt to quantify certain approaches toContinue reading “social service-utility theory”
the two piles
If somebody boils away all the complexities of knowledge and its accruement over the millennia, and the places from which this knowledge was identified and cultivated, one can arrive at a very basic conclusion concerning the topic of knowledge. I have tentatively titled this the Two Piles Theory, and it states the following: At theContinue reading “the two piles”
intro
hi everyone. this is my philosophy blog; I created it as a place to dump my ideas and hopefully inspire in some way or another. its called the Cafe Argent because I have always thought that the environment of a cafe is conducive to long, philosophical conversations; the word Argent is the French translation forContinue reading “intro”
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