An essay by Beaver on the nature of power, surprisingly relevant to the whole net neutrality issue from recent times: Before we begin, I would like to quote a passage from George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” as it is not only relevant to this thread, but also very true: >’in … More Beaver Transcript – On Power
A sign from a store in the US. Sad thing is, even some of the stores ( ok, fine, just the Wal-Mart) nearby where I live could benefit from having something like this around. A sign of something having gone a step backward instead of forward.
A treatise on the corruption of science itself by an anonymous gentleman on 4chan: One of the most upsetting things that has come from the ongoing and corrosive seep of politics into various walks of life has been the death of question-based science. Science should be about questions, always questions, great or small. Sometimes you … More The transformation of Science into Scientism
A few weeks ago I found a lump or just an area of swelling on the stomach of my king snake. After observing him for a couple of weeks, I decided to take him to the vet. As it turned out there are many veterinary clinics near where I live. Many of them are small … More A fat snake visits the vet
A pretty grim essay by Beaver, but one that makes sense. Violence is the pillar on which all societies are built and its repression is tantamount to societal collapse. For societies to function, there must be a set of agreed upon rules, which we call laws, to govern all individuals which comprise them. Without those … More Beaver Transcript: On violence
Essay by Beaver, as with all of these transcripts. The wiser among you already know I’m not speaking of literal emasculation, but figurative. There has been a movement in the last few decades to emasculate society, or more precisely, the middle and lower class. I am not merely talking about men, but about suppressing attributes … More Beaver Transcript: On emasculation
Very funny little incident happened earlier this week when Trump visited Japan. Apparently he dumped an entire box of fish food into a pond with a large number of Koi fish inside. Below is how CNN summarized this incident: The pictures appear to show a story of Trump acting cavalier and disrespectful. His expression, the … More Trump and the Kois – When you hate someone, everything they do is offensive
“What today’s moral guardians call “equal opportunity” is a disgusting corruption of the concept and this needs to be fixed.” Yet another essay by Beaver, this time on the issue of equal opportunity and hiring quotas. I imagine most young people who have done job searches or even just been in school in the last … More Beaver Transcript: On Equal Opportunity
This is a silly little parable that has floated around on 4chan for a while: Suppose that once a week, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this. The first four … More Taxes and Beer
“Language is not merely a tool of communication, it is a tool of thought.” More writings by Beaver. This one’s on the issue of language and thoughts. What I’m about to explain could fill a book, and if it interests you I highly recommend reading up on linguistic relativity. My aim however will be to … More Beaver Transcript: On Language
Temple of Zagan 