What is the meaning of Life?
Philosophers, scientists and thinkers have for thousands of years pondered the big questions of existence, the biggest one of all being ‘what is the point of life?’ More correctly, it’s Continue Reading
Remembering La Mettrie the philosopher physician
Everyone who studies or has an interest in philosophy has heard of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Voltaire, Nietzsche, Hegel, Marx and modern philosophers too like Daniel Dennet. I like Continue Reading
There’s no such thing as entropy free lunch
What is the difference between a living organism and a chair? Well a chair can maintain its state of equilibrium without the need for any help from its environment. Continue Reading
Relax we’re all going to die…
The biggest curse to befall mankind is the sure and certain knowledge that one day we will all die. This knowing, this understanding can cast a long shadow over a Continue Reading
The Technique of Naturalistic Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a technique used to for many reasons such as to improve mental health and wellbeing and to help one think more clearly. One definition of mindfulness from the Continue Reading
Falling in love with the Absurd!
Hot on the heels of my article called ‘Happy Nihilism’ first published in the West Wales Chronicle and now on ‘The Stand-up Philosophers’ site I accidentally found a branch of philosophical thought Continue Reading
The Trump Card of Modern Nihilism – Entropy
Entropy is as fundamental a law of physics as the fundamental forces of nature, that being: Strong and Weak Nuclear forces, Electromagnetism and Gravity. It is the motive force Continue Reading
What are you really?
As a dualist, I see the divide in the universe as being one of mind vs matter not matter vs energy or antimatter vs matter or any other readily observable Continue Reading
What is Entropy?
This article is a preliminary for The Trump Card of Modern Nihilism – Entropy The word entropy is Greek for ‘inside transformation’ which is why it makes sense in thermodynamics, Continue Reading
The Commonality of Struggle
Part One: Everybody’s got it rough! One thing that we’ve all got in common with each other, whether we live in a high tech, modern city or the lowest Continue Reading
The Universe is Nihilist
Introduction One non-theistic school of philosophy which I can think of that discusses in great length life’s relation to the cosmos; is the philosophy of nihilism. Succinctly, a nihilist Continue Reading
Happy Nihilism
Nihilism just doesn’t have a good rep these days thanks in part to films like ‘The Big Lebowski’ in which the nihilists were portrayed as hedonistic, tribalist, simpletons who Continue Reading
And God shuffled his feet…
It’s been a slow news week and I’ve got to do something with my time other than just sit here staring blankly at my computer so I thought I’d put Continue Reading
Why Globalisation must come to an end.
This is a speculative article/column piece originally published by Comicus Muo in the West Wales Chronicle and is included here as its still a relevant point of view and worthy Continue Reading
Deflation – Bring it On!
Originally written by Comicus Muo for the old Llanellitown.com website which later became the West Wales Chronicle and is included here it’s still relevant. We’ve heard a lot lately about Continue Reading
A Meaningful Life
For any spiritual seeker the meaning of life will change over time. That’s because you are not the same person today that you were yesterday. Everyday we wake up as Continue Reading
The Experience and the Expression of God
There’s only being in the universe and you are a part of it. The great totality of all things, the Universe. You are all things and all things are a Continue Reading
The Nature of Beauty
We should look to the big picture and answer most questions by studying the universe. The grand design of the stars, the nebula that births new suns and the many Continue Reading