tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229111442319373815Mon, 20 May 2013 15:56:34 +0000thunderphilosophical scalpstruthvictoryleuctrafaithhonestystrengthcartesian dualismsunshineevolutionconspiracyhttp://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Ciaran)Blogger16125RuthlessTruthhttp://feedburner.google.comHope you're enjoying your updates... check back soon for more fresh insight into the deepest parts of human nature at www.ruthlesstruth.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229111442319373815.post-3297406116180079419Sun, 19 May 2013 21:08:00 +00002013-05-20T04:04:57.706-07:00 I've been doing some work behind the scenes on the site recently.  I was given a wonderful, and extremely useful present by someone very nice (thanks Erik) - a professional quality recording microphone. I'd been wanting to get some audio recorded, and now I can - but I'm quite new at it, so there's a lot I need to work out. While I'm doing that though, you might want to check out this, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~3/j0ZknhMTSc4/artificial-humanity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ciaran)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=j0ZknhMTSc4:zEZ3iqVy_KY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=j0ZknhMTSc4:zEZ3iqVy_KY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=j0ZknhMTSc4:zEZ3iqVy_KY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=j0ZknhMTSc4:zEZ3iqVy_KY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=j0ZknhMTSc4:zEZ3iqVy_KY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=j0ZknhMTSc4:zEZ3iqVy_KY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=j0ZknhMTSc4:zEZ3iqVy_KY:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=j0ZknhMTSc4:zEZ3iqVy_KY:XAVGb8Xj5zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=XAVGb8Xj5zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~4/j0ZknhMTSc4" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/2013/05/artificial-humanity.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229111442319373815.post-4903206531539215433Thu, 09 May 2013 15:33:00 +00002013-05-10T09:21:12.818-07:00 Sir Karl Popper was the 20th century's preeminent philosopher of science.  Now before you all tune out and start watching cats on YouTube, here's why that matters. Science produces knowledge with a precision and clarity that nothing else has ever matched.  It is stunningly effective, and this raises a question.  Why is it so effective?  What is it that makes it so potent? If we could get http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~3/TJWkEpsvyVg/pattern-revelation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ciaran)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=TJWkEpsvyVg:iYegkKOsFwc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=TJWkEpsvyVg:iYegkKOsFwc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=TJWkEpsvyVg:iYegkKOsFwc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=TJWkEpsvyVg:iYegkKOsFwc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=TJWkEpsvyVg:iYegkKOsFwc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=TJWkEpsvyVg:iYegkKOsFwc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=TJWkEpsvyVg:iYegkKOsFwc:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=TJWkEpsvyVg:iYegkKOsFwc:XAVGb8Xj5zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=XAVGb8Xj5zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~4/TJWkEpsvyVg" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/2013/05/pattern-revelation.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229111442319373815.post-5367435469812331412Wed, 08 May 2013 08:01:00 +00002013-05-08T02:34:56.471-07:00Just got an email from a guy called Chris Jordan, who made me aware of a film project he's working on.  It's got some really strong support so far from such luminaries as Edward "Fight Club" Norton, and it's just brilliant. When I first started looking at it, I thought - ok, this is a beautifully filmed nature documentary.  Then it took a dark and disturbing turn, and I thought - ok, this is a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~3/2Tip-PHmNvE/amazing-project.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ciaran)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=2Tip-PHmNvE:4Lgg5ClL_Os:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=2Tip-PHmNvE:4Lgg5ClL_Os:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=2Tip-PHmNvE:4Lgg5ClL_Os:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=2Tip-PHmNvE:4Lgg5ClL_Os:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=2Tip-PHmNvE:4Lgg5ClL_Os:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=2Tip-PHmNvE:4Lgg5ClL_Os:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=2Tip-PHmNvE:4Lgg5ClL_Os:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=2Tip-PHmNvE:4Lgg5ClL_Os:XAVGb8Xj5zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=XAVGb8Xj5zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~4/2Tip-PHmNvE" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/2013/05/amazing-project.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229111442319373815.post-3495788196428006777Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:54:00 +00002013-05-02T14:17:07.121-07:00 Winston Churchill once made quite a profound observation about how the British people handled the Second World War.  He said that the war passed through phases.  You had the 'phoney war' period, you had the Blitz, you had the North African campaign, you had D-Day. And in every phase, the British people seemed to think that this time, this phase would last forever.  That this phase was the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~3/TyAyV3eA2Kk/of-that-which-you-oppose.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ciaran)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=TyAyV3eA2Kk:iK1AubLiP4g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=TyAyV3eA2Kk:iK1AubLiP4g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=TyAyV3eA2Kk:iK1AubLiP4g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=TyAyV3eA2Kk:iK1AubLiP4g:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=TyAyV3eA2Kk:iK1AubLiP4g:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=TyAyV3eA2Kk:iK1AubLiP4g:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=TyAyV3eA2Kk:iK1AubLiP4g:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=TyAyV3eA2Kk:iK1AubLiP4g:XAVGb8Xj5zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=XAVGb8Xj5zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~4/TyAyV3eA2Kk" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/2013/04/of-that-which-you-oppose.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229111442319373815.post-6465151434692023273Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:13:00 +00002013-04-25T08:48:30.746-07:00 There is a keen interest in those who look to the future with hope, to be also aware of the dangers.  And perhaps the most misunderstood - but brilliant - philosophers of the future was a Frenchman called Jean Baudrillard.  You may or may not know the name, but you have seen his work, if you’ve seen The Matrix.  Even by the dubious standards of French philosophers, Jean Baudrillard’s http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~3/KMXNIKV19dY/are-you-not-entertained.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ciaran)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=KMXNIKV19dY:ocYck0Tm2T4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=KMXNIKV19dY:ocYck0Tm2T4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=KMXNIKV19dY:ocYck0Tm2T4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=KMXNIKV19dY:ocYck0Tm2T4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=KMXNIKV19dY:ocYck0Tm2T4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=KMXNIKV19dY:ocYck0Tm2T4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=KMXNIKV19dY:ocYck0Tm2T4:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=KMXNIKV19dY:ocYck0Tm2T4:XAVGb8Xj5zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=XAVGb8Xj5zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~4/KMXNIKV19dY" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/2013/04/are-you-not-entertained.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229111442319373815.post-8196031900069232675Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:11:00 +00002013-04-21T15:19:09.056-07:00 This companion piece to One Song was commissioned by Erik Blanchard. There's a new way to live a life where you never have to be angry or sad. It's really easy, and you can test it yourself. And it works like this. Much like a peacock's amazing, multi-coloured tail, the human personality has come to be. It's main purpose, just like that tail, is to be seen. This is why suffering http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~3/Hlz8pP5z8HU/one-song-explain-it-like-im-5_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ciaran)4<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Hlz8pP5z8HU:1MN3Me65gg4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Hlz8pP5z8HU:1MN3Me65gg4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=Hlz8pP5z8HU:1MN3Me65gg4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Hlz8pP5z8HU:1MN3Me65gg4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=Hlz8pP5z8HU:1MN3Me65gg4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Hlz8pP5z8HU:1MN3Me65gg4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Hlz8pP5z8HU:1MN3Me65gg4:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Hlz8pP5z8HU:1MN3Me65gg4:XAVGb8Xj5zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=XAVGb8Xj5zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~4/Hlz8pP5z8HU" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/2013/04/one-song-explain-it-like-im-5_15.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229111442319373815.post-276984019582104630Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:36:00 +00002013-04-24T20:08:35.846-07:00 This piece was commissioned by Sally Wijesundera. Part 1: The Bully, And His Accomplice. Many people have sought to uncover the truth that sets human beings free from pain.  And some, arguably, have even succeeded.  But steeped in ancient mystique, superstition and dogma, the core dynamics lie buried. What you are about to discover is a new option of how to live, free of blindness, withhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~3/q7umUnmbavA/one-song.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ciaran)16<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=q7umUnmbavA:sHU7Vb7eQXI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=q7umUnmbavA:sHU7Vb7eQXI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=q7umUnmbavA:sHU7Vb7eQXI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=q7umUnmbavA:sHU7Vb7eQXI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=q7umUnmbavA:sHU7Vb7eQXI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=q7umUnmbavA:sHU7Vb7eQXI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=q7umUnmbavA:sHU7Vb7eQXI:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=q7umUnmbavA:sHU7Vb7eQXI:XAVGb8Xj5zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=XAVGb8Xj5zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~4/q7umUnmbavA" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/2013/03/one-song.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229111442319373815.post-8866397722833945410Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:48:00 +00002011-09-25T12:48:15.869-07:00I've been looking at this all wrong. We all have. Here, let me explain. Freedom. What is freedom? Well, there's two different kinds. One, is freedom FROM something. The other is freedom TO DO something you couldn't do before. Yeah? Positive and negative freedom. Everyone tends to think of negative freedom. Freedom as the removal or this tyranny, or that tyranny. Negative freedom is freedom http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~3/cHN0KCM6xhM/second-kind-of-freedom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ciaran)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=cHN0KCM6xhM:LPknxob68DA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=cHN0KCM6xhM:LPknxob68DA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=cHN0KCM6xhM:LPknxob68DA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=cHN0KCM6xhM:LPknxob68DA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=cHN0KCM6xhM:LPknxob68DA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=cHN0KCM6xhM:LPknxob68DA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=cHN0KCM6xhM:LPknxob68DA:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=cHN0KCM6xhM:LPknxob68DA:XAVGb8Xj5zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=XAVGb8Xj5zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~4/cHN0KCM6xhM" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/2011/09/second-kind-of-freedom.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229111442319373815.post-8310544213330779915Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:36:00 +00002011-06-12T11:36:39.833-07:00Hello people. Basically, I'm a historian.  I know that sounds weird, and it is, but that's what my degree is in, and it's what I've trained as. A big part of that is research.  A historian can't even put pen to paper unless they've taken the time to serious familiarise themselves with all the big relevant stuff on the period they're studying.  This means books.  Lots of books.  You just http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~3/kPA3fPECYl4/ciarans-philosophy-reading-list_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ciaran)12<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=kPA3fPECYl4:v7tDaNhYCJ0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=kPA3fPECYl4:v7tDaNhYCJ0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=kPA3fPECYl4:v7tDaNhYCJ0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=kPA3fPECYl4:v7tDaNhYCJ0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=kPA3fPECYl4:v7tDaNhYCJ0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=kPA3fPECYl4:v7tDaNhYCJ0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=kPA3fPECYl4:v7tDaNhYCJ0:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=kPA3fPECYl4:v7tDaNhYCJ0:XAVGb8Xj5zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=XAVGb8Xj5zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~4/kPA3fPECYl4" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/2011/06/ciarans-philosophy-reading-list_12.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229111442319373815.post-6664987088786850159Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:34:00 +00002011-03-09T14:48:22.052-08:00Free will.  Kinda a big deal in our day and age.  Us Westerners have it ingrained into our very souls. I want to put this out there just as a supporting piece to something Stephen has written about the absence of self. He's pointed out that if there's no you, there's also no anyone.   Now yes, we've known this from day one - in a sense.  It was always one of the obvious consequences of the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~3/uQTilFdLGp4/brief-note-from-bryan-magee-on-free.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ciaran)7<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=uQTilFdLGp4:t6cQ1_LGBNM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=uQTilFdLGp4:t6cQ1_LGBNM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=uQTilFdLGp4:t6cQ1_LGBNM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=uQTilFdLGp4:t6cQ1_LGBNM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=uQTilFdLGp4:t6cQ1_LGBNM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=uQTilFdLGp4:t6cQ1_LGBNM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=uQTilFdLGp4:t6cQ1_LGBNM:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=uQTilFdLGp4:t6cQ1_LGBNM:XAVGb8Xj5zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=XAVGb8Xj5zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~4/uQTilFdLGp4" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/2011/03/brief-note-from-bryan-magee-on-free.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229111442319373815.post-7403901386003009679Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:01:00 +00002013-05-02T14:16:42.984-07:00faithThere are few words in the English language who's meaning has been twisted as much as this word. The fact is that it's been taken and used by millions of people in such a way that it means something very set and specific now.  What it means is - things that have no evidence, or cannot be proven, but I believe them anyway. And to go further, it also means the 'special goodness' of a person who http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~3/Y_BxZyfKCkA/faith.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ciaran)6<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Y_BxZyfKCkA:KVJKIXKXCiA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Y_BxZyfKCkA:KVJKIXKXCiA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=Y_BxZyfKCkA:KVJKIXKXCiA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Y_BxZyfKCkA:KVJKIXKXCiA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=Y_BxZyfKCkA:KVJKIXKXCiA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Y_BxZyfKCkA:KVJKIXKXCiA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Y_BxZyfKCkA:KVJKIXKXCiA:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Y_BxZyfKCkA:KVJKIXKXCiA:XAVGb8Xj5zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=XAVGb8Xj5zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~4/Y_BxZyfKCkA" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/2011/01/faith.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229111442319373815.post-4708326609611958468Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:37:00 +00002010-12-01T14:37:07.144-08:00cartesian dualismphilosophical scalps Is there a duality between awareness and the physical world? no there isn't actually a duality between anything to be honest See when I really get in the zone, I see that there isn't. But I'm not sure which one there 'is' the reason it appears that there is is that we are capable of fiction the only division is between the real and unreal and that's not really a division is it? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~3/Njinmu8sL2Y/cartesian-gap-closed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ciaran)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Njinmu8sL2Y:nqwJuXx-_Qg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Njinmu8sL2Y:nqwJuXx-_Qg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=Njinmu8sL2Y:nqwJuXx-_Qg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Njinmu8sL2Y:nqwJuXx-_Qg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=Njinmu8sL2Y:nqwJuXx-_Qg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Njinmu8sL2Y:nqwJuXx-_Qg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Njinmu8sL2Y:nqwJuXx-_Qg:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=Njinmu8sL2Y:nqwJuXx-_Qg:XAVGb8Xj5zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=XAVGb8Xj5zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~4/Njinmu8sL2Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/2010/12/cartesian-gap-closed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229111442319373815.post-8129939409519111258Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:07:00 +00002013-05-02T13:01:58.430-07:00thundersunshinetruth Hey everyone. This used to be the signature piece of this site.  It essentially detailed a breakthrough that I'd had - perhaps my first really big breakthrough.  It was about the capacity that people have (strange as it might seem) to see the reality of the absence of self. I felt it was important to keep this up as long as possible, but I'm afraid the time has come where this http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~3/5SPxvFqxqHw/thunder-and-sunshine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ciaran)25<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=5SPxvFqxqHw:kKM1e4BWKTA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=5SPxvFqxqHw:kKM1e4BWKTA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=5SPxvFqxqHw:kKM1e4BWKTA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=5SPxvFqxqHw:kKM1e4BWKTA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=5SPxvFqxqHw:kKM1e4BWKTA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=5SPxvFqxqHw:kKM1e4BWKTA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=5SPxvFqxqHw:kKM1e4BWKTA:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=5SPxvFqxqHw:kKM1e4BWKTA:XAVGb8Xj5zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=XAVGb8Xj5zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~4/5SPxvFqxqHw" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/2010/10/thunder-and-sunshine.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229111442319373815.post-9081293499164163689Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:00:00 +00002013-05-02T11:44:23.298-07:00honestytruthevolutionJust wanted to get this out in public. In looking into evolution and such I've been able to make a connection that I think is quite important. Evolution isn't linear, or at least, anything like as linear as it should be, according to a classical Darwinian account.  Some species have extreme stability over very long periods of time when the habitat around them changes wildly.  A very extreme http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~3/lWszn-Rzsh4/just-quick-note-on-evolution.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ciaran)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=lWszn-Rzsh4:B6HAe-iEuG8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=lWszn-Rzsh4:B6HAe-iEuG8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=lWszn-Rzsh4:B6HAe-iEuG8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=lWszn-Rzsh4:B6HAe-iEuG8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=lWszn-Rzsh4:B6HAe-iEuG8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=lWszn-Rzsh4:B6HAe-iEuG8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=lWszn-Rzsh4:B6HAe-iEuG8:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=lWszn-Rzsh4:B6HAe-iEuG8:XAVGb8Xj5zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=XAVGb8Xj5zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~4/lWszn-Rzsh4" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/2010/09/just-quick-note-on-evolution.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229111442319373815.post-3047587725692301074Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:20:00 +00002010-09-17T08:37:13.385-07:00leuctravictorystrength This battle rocked. I'll give you a little background, not too much, just so you can understand the massive, seismic dust off that occurred here in 371 BC. I take it you know of the Spartans. Well, just think about that for a second.  Of all the warrior nations, of all the soldiers and fighters from hallowed antiquity, you know of the Spartans.  The Assyrians?  The Phoenicians?  The Visigothshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~3/YW0n1uh1mMo/battle-of-leuctra.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ciaran)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=YW0n1uh1mMo:wVDco7XJVYo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=YW0n1uh1mMo:wVDco7XJVYo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=YW0n1uh1mMo:wVDco7XJVYo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=YW0n1uh1mMo:wVDco7XJVYo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=YW0n1uh1mMo:wVDco7XJVYo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=YW0n1uh1mMo:wVDco7XJVYo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=YW0n1uh1mMo:wVDco7XJVYo:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=YW0n1uh1mMo:wVDco7XJVYo:XAVGb8Xj5zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=XAVGb8Xj5zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~4/YW0n1uh1mMo" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/2010/09/battle-of-leuctra.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229111442319373815.post-6937000158658553180Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:48:00 +00002013-05-17T07:01:26.916-07:00conspiracyhonestytruthThis was an earlier post which worked to go into the core dynamics of the work of Karl Popper. His work on opening up the scientific method has been critical in the development of the work done on this site. With that said, it's a very old piece, and a massively, massively more advanced - and clearer - version is available at this link: http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~3/BUvFZyey7Nw/how-to-be-honest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ciaran)6<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=BUvFZyey7Nw:pGMTGV19rGQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=BUvFZyey7Nw:pGMTGV19rGQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=BUvFZyey7Nw:pGMTGV19rGQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=BUvFZyey7Nw:pGMTGV19rGQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?i=BUvFZyey7Nw:pGMTGV19rGQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=BUvFZyey7Nw:pGMTGV19rGQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=BUvFZyey7Nw:pGMTGV19rGQ:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?a=BUvFZyey7Nw:pGMTGV19rGQ:XAVGb8Xj5zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/RuthlessTruth?d=XAVGb8Xj5zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RuthlessTruth/~4/BUvFZyey7Nw" height="1" width="1"/>http://ruthlesstruthdotcom.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-to-be-honest.html