Philosophy Wire: No noise… No words… Just listen…

Researchers have demonstrated it's possible to silence noise using an open, ring-like structure, created to mathematically perfect specifications, for cutting out sounds while maintaining airflow. [1] Air flowing through your lungs. Going out to form words. Words forming meaning. But there is sound in the words you utter. For they are words of the mind. Meant to be heard by the heart. Inside a cosmos engulfed in silence. Silence broken only by the sound of a lonely man. Sitting alone under a tree. Trying to listen…

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Philosophy Wire: Words…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-03-05]:

Life. Life. Life. Life. Life.
Repeat the same word over and over again.
Until it loses its meaning.
Until the cosmos finds its own.

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Philosophy Wire: Peppered moths. Evolution. Big words…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2016-10-21]: Peppered moths change colour due to the pollution of the environment. [1] A small change we want to see as big. A small adaptation which we want to name “evolution”. Humble thoughts. The cause of our progress. Big words. The cause of our demise.

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Philosophy Wire: Robots, tags, secret wishes...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-08-20]: This robot learns by asking strangers on the Internet. [1] Attaching human-like characterizations to non-human behaviours. And vice-versa. Sure, Google is "searching". And I am... "multitasking"... We wish we were computers. But we are not. We define stupid things. We think of stupid things. As simple as that.

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Philosophy Wire: Allah, God, One...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-11-10]: The name of God must be different per religion. [1] So has ruled the court (with a small exception - see here). Politics impose hatred on religion…

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