Philosophy Wire: The "lovely". The "murderer". Human the Unnatural...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-06-10]: What do you think about otters? Are they lovable? Or are they "necrophiliac, serial-killing fur monsters of the sea"? Writer Dylan Matthews explained various things about otters, and listed several reasons why the animals are, in Matthews' opinion, "jerks": they kill baby otters; they have (on rare occasions) attacked people, monkeys, and alligators; and they sometimes copulate with dead otters (and baby seals). [1] What we see as "lovely" could be plainly "monstrous". It may seem funny in this case, but our ability to have wrong perceptions about even the most obvious things is astounding. Nature is not cute. Nature is inherently violent. How weird that we think something - ANYTHING - is cute... Could it be that something in us is... unnatural?

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Τεχνητές Νιφάδες Χιονιού ?! Artificial Snowflakes ?!

Φιλοσοφικό Τηλεγράφημα του Σπύρου Κάκου [2014-01-29]: Εικόνες από νιφάδες χιονιού. Φαίνονται σαν τεχνητά εξαρτήματα συσκευών. Αλλά δεν είναι. Δεν είναι; Από την άλλη εικόνες τεχνητού χιονιού (βλ. ΠΑΡΑΚΑΤΩ) φαίνονται σαν... φυσικές παγωμένες σταγόνες νερού. [1, 2] Αλλά δεν είναι. Δεν είναι;

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Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-01-29]: Snowflakes images. They look like artificial electronic components. But they are not. They are not? On the other hand human-made snow (see BELOW) looks like… natural blobs of frozen water. [1, 2] But it is not. It is not?

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Philosophy Wire: Monopoles, anecdotes...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-06-09]: Scientists managed to create artificial magnetic monopoles. [1] But wait a minute. Why are these monopoles "artificial"? Weren't they created within nature by a being which is part of nature?

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