http://www.billkarr.com Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:03:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Billkarrhttp://feedburner.google.com by Bill Karr A large portion of free time during my senior year in high school was devoted to defining happiness and/or how to find it. This was my attempt to help rid misery, disgust, and hatred from the lives of some of the people around me. It is important to ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cfo1GZqD7TlIPkBAAMYzjcFf6FU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cfo1GZqD7TlIPkBAAMYzjcFf6FU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cfo1GZqD7TlIPkBAAMYzjcFf6FU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/cfo1GZqD7TlIPkBAAMYzjcFf6FU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Billkarr/~3/LsQYj-NEO78/ http://www.billkarr.com/2009/02/16/on-selfishness/ My dad encouraged me a little while back to post the essays I had to write in philosophy this semester. That said, I am going to type up a few and put them on here. Feel free to tell me what you think! On the Differences between the Mind and Body: The ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eP-JeOMW1K15iodh_b_p2Fl3668/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eP-JeOMW1K15iodh_b_p2Fl3668/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eP-JeOMW1K15iodh_b_p2Fl3668/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eP-JeOMW1K15iodh_b_p2Fl3668/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Billkarr/~3/UI7KrDt91g0/ http://www.billkarr.com/2008/12/02/essays-on-the-mind-and-the-body/ A new friend of mine at school talks with me a lot about politics and science, and we have very similar views. He is very much more interested in economics than I, so he knows of many interesting people. One of which he told me about tonight named Eric Hoffer. ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NLTNvhp7b0kGc-et9nmfypDL7Io/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NLTNvhp7b0kGc-et9nmfypDL7Io/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NLTNvhp7b0kGc-et9nmfypDL7Io/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NLTNvhp7b0kGc-et9nmfypDL7Io/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Billkarr/~3/NFSK4hoE2pM/ http://www.billkarr.com/2008/12/02/a-clearer-lens/ I feel that a big congratulations is owed to Barack Obama for his achievement and his passion for helping people. The historical context of this election makes me proud to be an American, right now. On another note, Barack said in his celebratory speech that those who doubt that anything is ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EhEpWbbgCultSs3oSd-Vg8ROS30/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EhEpWbbgCultSs3oSd-Vg8ROS30/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EhEpWbbgCultSs3oSd-Vg8ROS30/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EhEpWbbgCultSs3oSd-Vg8ROS30/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Billkarr/~3/P91eRtfw8L4/ http://www.billkarr.com/2008/11/05/congratulations-barack-obama/ I am officially finished with my summer classes! Physics is over, and I'm fairly happy about it. My professor was great for physics! His name is John Newport, and he's a teacher at Carmel High School. What luck I had: he obtained his Ph.D. in theoretical/mathematical physics! I'm confident that ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x2MmTXQpfOmSvxNWU-jaj5MzxIY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x2MmTXQpfOmSvxNWU-jaj5MzxIY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x2MmTXQpfOmSvxNWU-jaj5MzxIY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x2MmTXQpfOmSvxNWU-jaj5MzxIY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Billkarr/~3/XbqOYBtH5tY/ http://www.billkarr.com/2008/08/02/progression/