The official page of Massimo Pigliucci, the K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York
Twenty-six things about me… A- Age: 50-ish B- Biggest fear: Failing to accomplish my goals before I die. C- Current time: 7:08pm D- Drink you last had: mineral water (always) E- Every day starts with: how much juice do I …
—The purpose of all religion is the intentional, organized, disciplined, ritualized institutionalized, violation of Natural Law.— (I wonder how much trouble I’m going to get into with that one?)
Men are demonstrably better to one another than women are to one another. Men are demonstrably better to women than men are to men. Women are demonstrably better to their children than to men or women.
(defund the left) 1) The Easy Part. – End Copyright – Convert to Creative Commons. – Restore fighting – (Duel) restore retaliation on gossip, and ridicule – Defamation – restore all defamation, including speculation. – Truthfulness – defense of …
( Thinking about how the universe, and the structure of the universe isn’t something ‘out there’ bigger than we are and imperceptible to us, or here, in our solids, liquids, gasses, plasmas and spaces that is perceptible to us. And …
“If we are engaging in negotiation or argument, we want to know if we can cooperate with you. We prefer to cooperate with you only because cooperation in the long term is more rewarding than predation in the short term. …
(DRAFT) (These Complaints are written in accessible prose for a general audience.) INTRODUCTION Despite years of criticism and threats of nationalization or regulation, Facebook has failed to implement features that are technologically possible, in many cases technologically trivial, and in …
( The irony of asking me of all people to simplify someone else’s work… lol ) He’s saying that Like Religion and Idealism, saturation by radio, television, and movies, absorption in Video Games and Social Media, Internet dating exists …
Independence of the Church The Natural Law exists independent of any Territory, Polity, Institution, or Opinion. The Church shall exist independently of any Territory, Polity, or Institution, and Opinion. The Church shall in the service of Natural Law and Transcendence alone. …
NATURAL LAW ON GENDER Whereas There exist but two genders. Male and Female. These genders are compatible. Both genders provide necessary reciprocity to one another in the production of family and offspring. Both genders develop traits for each gender, and each gender …
ABRAHAMISM AS THE MANUFACTURE OF IGNORANCE (ending freedom of false religion, along with ending false speech, of which religious dogma is a member.) We tend to look at the demonstrated verbal superiority of the Ashkenazi, their long history of …
It would be suicidal, the USA would retaliate (FWIW the USA can survive autark-ically for extended periods albeit with consequences). The world economy would come nearly to a halt, and there would, outside of the second and third world, utter …
Well, I have no idea. We all gossip and complain about our politicians. Some countries punish it. Some countries like the USA encourage it. It’s part of american nature to complain about government. I find chinese people of a certain …