Philosophy Wire: Freedom. Genes. Christianity.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2016-07-29]: Scientists discover how specific genes are to be blamed for specific human behaviors. Ranging from outbursts or rage, to lack of wish for sex, everything can be attributed to a gene. [1, 2, 3, 4] Accepting responsibility is too hard. Accepting your freedom is too hard. Humans never wanted to be free. And that is why they fought or loved Christianity so hard…

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Philosophy Wire: A black and blue dress. A white and gold dress. A world made up of consciousness. Will. The fear of responsibility.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2015-04-06]: A debate about the true color of a dress has sparked all over the Internet about a month ago. [1] We need reality to exist. We are afraid to admit that we are the ones who create it. Perception is subjective. So why not reality as well? What we like not is the responsibility. Let Photoshop tell us what colour this is. Why should we decide? But this is what makes us humans! This is what consciousness is! This is what Being is all about! Will. Otherwise we are naked… From the cold forests of the North to the deserts of Africa, our WILL is what makes the world be. The dress is green. I just decided that. I am God.

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Philosophy Wire: The right to oblivion, cyber bullying, stupidity

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-02-07]: People are fighting for the right to "be forgotten" as far as the Internet is concerned. The EU is trying to pass legislation which will make all big social media portals (e.g. Facebook) satisfy their users' requests for deleting their personal data if and when they wish so. [source: Stanford Law Review, web news]

Two are the main possible reasons:

1. THE SERIOUS: Cyber bullying. The new trend of our time: Children humiliating other children by posting embarrassing pictures over the Internet. The solution? A sue. And learning not to pay too much attention at what is written on the Internet. And (at least as far as I am concerned) a more aggressive tactic could also suit your needs. As others can easily write things about you, you too can defend your self online (and I know that from personal experience - see here for how I used anti-Kakos articles in my favor). There are many administrative tools which could help you with that. Everything is a matter of the proper point of view.A good training in the use of Internet tools and learning how not to give a damn about idiots could be more useful that our right to oblivion.

2. THE STUPID: Embarrassing pictures we posted our selves on the Internet. The solution: None. If you are stupid you will most probably continue being stupid. And it is a good thing to alert others that you are indeed stupid. Maybe the right to being stupid is more important than the right to oblivion.

Ignorance is the greatest evil of them all.

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Philosophy Wire: US drones, responsibility, ethics

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-01-06]: A US drone attack has killed at least eight suspected militants in Pakistan's north-western tribal area of South Waziristan. [source: BBC News] But is the attack an attack of the… drone? If the answer looks easy to answer with the remotely-controlled UAVs, what will happen with the totally automated UCAVs in the near future? Technology in the service of humans, as a tool to relieve them of what is known to the civilized world as “responsibility”.

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