Month: July 2005

by Jason Stotts I’m sure that everyone has heard the old riddle: “Is the glass half-full or half-empty?” Well, it’s a question that I have always answered “half-full” merely because it indicates being “optimistic” as opposed to “pessimistic,” or at least that’s how the riddle usually runs. Now for those of you who know me,…

by Jason Stotts While out here at the Objectivist conference, I’ve been taking a number of interesting seminars, one of which is “The Elements of Thinking in Principles” by Dr. Craig Biddle. The official course description reads: Ayn Rand’s cognitive clarity and moral certainty were consequences of her thinking in principles. Thinking in principles is,…

by Jason Stotts How great it is to soar among the birds, between the twinkling lights far below, and the glittering stars far above. How great it is to be master of nature, to have a mind capable of feats not yet known, to live among the wonders wrought by our hand. How great it…

by Jason Stotts Okay, so perhaps I should preface this by saying that I hate poetry and I cannot write poetry, but I was moved to try and put down my feelings and this is what came out of it…so read at your own risk. You have been warned. How great is Man that he…

by Jason Stotts Another thing I saw in the San Diego Airport was a woman wearing a shirt that said “Be as you are”, which I though was an interesting philosophical claim worthy of investigation. I can only construe 2 readings of this, 1) the loose reading – “Be an individual” and 2) the literal…