Let's argue with observable reality, shall we?

Reality cannot be reasoned with. It simply is and the one demand, undeniable, that it makes of us is that we accept it as it is.
Failure to do so is death regardless of what the cultural frameworks we build around reality have to say on the matter.


Note: I can't think of anything else to say on the matter, so it promotes from draft to publish.

Huh

http://poserorprophet.wordpress.com/2005/07/28/when-justice-conquers-holiness-why-i-support-gay-marriage/

Interestingly this notion makes one reconsider things like illegal immigration. Where should legal technicalities stand in moral considerations (IM being part morality and part legality).

Not drafting is worse than too many drafts

A little while back I finalized a number of posts that had been sitting around as drafts collecting dust and becoming the kind of cancerous growth that keeps me from getting junk done. "Oh, I still have all that to deal with too." Dun wanna, what else can I do instead?

I figured it would be better not to have a bunch of half written posts sitting around waiting to be finished. Well, wrong. Now I have waaaay too many post ideas and proto posts in Evernote instead. :< A cure worse than the problem. So enough with that. Drafts it is and I'll just have to learn to deal with it.

What what? A Budget?

I'm expecting flying pigs. A budget? Nicely done!

Now get the fuck back to work.

What did you want, a cookie? Or a raise? That's your job, shits. Get back from vacation and get to work; there's still way too much to do.

You're in the most important halls of government of our country and, to some degree, the world. Good job on doing your job. Now there's more to do. Get to it. Millions of people below you, which you walk on, work 18/7 or more. You, honestly, don't deserve a vacation. I expect to see some momentum or you've accomplished nothing.

On justice and Christian morality

Because all people must be free to choose. What value to force a man to speak words he does not believe and what cost to force a woman to live a life that defiles her with its injustice to soothe your own guilt.

A person cannot be reached before you honor them and their decision must not be made before we reach them. If God chooses to convict then He has that privilege but the violent power of your governance has no place in my religion.

I fell like a statement should be made about individual opinions and their affect on other people but the words aren't here. Perhaps another day.

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On Being, Krista Tippett interviews Brené Brown
Brené Brown at TEDx Houston
Brené Brown at TED

Visually @ Zenpencils, Gavin Aung Than

And, her website.

Meta-volution

Evolution is truth. However we don't evolve in our bodies anymore. Other animals still do of course but post-humanity won't differ dramatically in physical makeup (unless we go deeply into body shaping or human-machine integration, but that's just an outgrowth of the main point here).

We evolve in our minds. Our bodies are rapidly becoming immaterial except as a support substrate for our minds. Our evolution now molds the social constructs we create for ourselves to live within; our evolution grows with and empowers our ability to find accurate meaning large data sets; our ideas are what spur our future growth and drive our advancement as a species. Vast wealth and power have sprung from the well of innovation but that innovation did not spring from our DNA. It sprang from the brains the DNA created and even more it sprang from the combined effects of social interaction of many or those brains well rehearsed in the workings of the vast computing devices that were envisioned and built by the brains that came before them.

Historical evolution enacted its course through the buildup of physiological and organizational changes that drove competitive advantage. Future evolution will enact its course through the buildup of changes in society, psychology, and mental prowess (either unaided or reinforced by artificial mechanism) that drive the human species into a successful future. Our bodies, if they evolve at all, will largely evolve only to support more powerful or adaptive minds. So if our bodies decay or are poorly adapted to our environment, or happen to exist in a difficult environment the next evolutionary step is to adjust society to better support those bodies. Building up every body leads to more and better functioning brains which further drives evolution forward. Evolution demands comprehensive and effective welfare. Because the mind of every child is our evolutionary future, regardless of that child's family history or the present outlook of its future. Every child's future is malleable regardless of the capacity of their body. If they get sick, they should be made well. Because it can be done, because evolution no longer relies on our bodies, because that child's contribution should not be unnecessarily undercut by physical malady. Every human in need should be lifted up because every brain has the capacity, given the opportunity, to contribute something to society regardless of the circumstances of the life of the body.