Category Archives: Culture

Trying to Achieve Immortality Through Genes and Memes

Posted on November 17, 2009 by shaunmiller

How does one gain immortality?  There seems to be two ways: genes and Memes. In terms of genes, Richard Dawkins brings up some really interesting ideas about how genes work in his book The Selfish Gene. At some point in … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Evolution, Immortality, Memes, Paper Topic | 4 Comments

Book Review: Self-Made Man by Norah Vincent

Posted on November 10, 2009 by shaunmiller

Imagine that you posed as the opposite sex for a year and a half.  You’re still the same sex, but your outward appearances are changed through makeup and different clothing so that you look like the opposite sex.  Now imagine … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, Culture, Gender | 5 Comments

For those who don’t think clearly. . .

Posted on October 26, 2009 by shaunmiller

“I have a right to own a gun because the constitution says so.”  — You’ve just embraced cultural relativism.   “God would never allow that.” — You’ve just embraced Divine-Command Theory.

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How to Handle Iran

Posted on October 6, 2009 by shaunmiller

Fareed Zakaria on CNN had an interesting round table about Iran.  Two people were for reform and the other person was for attacking Iran.  I found all of them intelligent and they gave their case equally well.  What really intrigued … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Fareed Zakaria, Government, Politics | 9 Comments

Unmarried to Each Other

Posted on September 27, 2009 by shaunmiller

There’s some interesting movements, books, and articles about how being unmarried to each other is the new social action.  I applaud this movement, mainly because it’s an expression of freedom.  Moreover, marriage is an evolving idea that has shifted the … Continue reading →

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How Different Groups Spend Their Day

Posted on August 16, 2009 by shaunmiller

A very cool site that’s very interactive showing through graphs and stats about how people have spent their time in 2008.  Check it here.

Posted in Culture, News | 1 Comment

Religiosity in the US

Posted on July 9, 2009 by shaunmiller

In a previous post, I mentioned that most of the developed countries have seen religion as a thing of the past.  Most aren’t even religious.  The exception is the United States.  Out of all developed countries, we still have deep … Continue reading →

Posted in Capitalism, Culture, Marx, Paper Topic, Pragmatism, Religion, Socialism | 3 Comments

The O’Reilly Defense and No Comments

Posted on June 3, 2009 by shaunmiller

There’s an interesting article about the Tiller murder.  More precisely, it’s about how the legal team is going to defend Scott Roeder, the murderer of the abortionist George Tiller. From the article: “It’s a variation of a Twinkie Defense,” said … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, Culture, Logic | 12 Comments

Tea Parties On April 15th

Posted on April 15, 2009 by shaunmiller

So today is tax day and many Americans are rallying around waters to rebel against the government by planning a tea party.  Supposedly, it’s supposed to copy the Boston Tea Party before the Revolutionary War.  To me, this is ridiculous.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Economics, Government, History, News, Politics | 4 Comments

Book Review: Against Happiness, In Praise of Melancholy by Eric Wilson

Posted on April 10, 2009 by shaunmiller

After looking through this, I was expecting something different.  Based on the title, I was expecting to have a psychological bent to it.  It has some of it, but there’s more of a literature outlook to it.  Wilson uses various … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, Culture, Health | 1 Comment