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This duality occurred to me a few weeks ago and I am yet to make a conclusion out of it. This duality began from the expressions that states that the world was created from “chaos” (and therefor putting order) or “void” (creating everything itself from nothing). Which one is it and what are the implications of one being more correct than the other? What if it is both?

World from chaos: This would mean that everything already existed prior to the creation of the world. If chaos existed and yet the void is also used later in addressing the state of the universe prior to the creation then void and chaos are the same. Void would be a metaphor then for the lack of order in the chaos.

World from void: This is the more typical notion of how there was nothing prior to the creation. If this was true, then chaos, in this case, would be seen as the metaphorical part of this duality. Chaos for there is nothing. No words, no thoughts, no framework to guide observation and perception.

Perhaps it is a combination of both, that the world was created out of the chaos of void. That is to say that chaos and void are the same. A mere redundancy that allows void and chaos to be interchanged at will. Scientifically the world could have not been created out of nothing, but if stuff was already floating around that raises an entirely new set of questions about that ‘stuff’.

It should be obvious that all humans have the desire to learn. How much is debatable, but in some shape or other people like to know why things are the way they seem to be. The point of this entry is not about that though, but rather what we choose to learn. Of course one can’t learn everything in one life time and therefore we need limits or ways to filter what we should learn.
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What is the difference between rules imposed by religion and those imposed by a government. What is the difference between jumping the fence and later being sued by, now, your ex-wife or going to hell once you complete your ‘mission’ on earth? It seems that both, government and religion have the same rules. The difference being the type of punishment and the delay in receiving it are different.

The only partial solution to this question is that of guilt. One for instance can kill and not be punished by law and yet suffer religiously. Yet this can be argued. For suppose a police officer kills a murderer: he killed a man but he is pardoned for he was doing his job. Perhaps God gives out excuses as well (actually he does in the Bible, not sure what story it is though).

• Liberal Arts version:

A contradiction that makes sense.

• Mathematical version:

Two true statements that through logical operations reach a false conclusion.

Godelian kiss
a kiss that takes an extraordinarilly long time, yet leaves you unable to decide whether you’ve been kissed or not.

Cartesian kiss
a particularly well-planned and coordinated movement: “I think, therefore, I aim.” In general, a kiss does not count as Cartesian unless it is applied with enough force to remove all doubt that one has been kissed. (cf. Polar kiss, a more well-rounded movement involving greater nose-to-nose contact, but colder overall.)

Epimenidian kiss
a kiss given by someone who does not kiss.

The glass is either half empty or half full. Some people see it one way and others see it the other. Is one person right and the other wrong. Is the glass really half empty or half full. What is the truth. Whatever it is, you aren’t going to change a half full person to a half empty person or vice versa, it just don’t happen in my experience.

I personally see it as the glass simply beeing twice as big as it needs to be. Fullness is irrelevant.

While talking to a professor from Princeton U. that teaches psychology the idea of ignorance being bliss was brought up. The stuff he told me was so mind boggling that I had to find the sources to double check what he told me. So here is what I found out.

People when they think about depression they usually make a connection of people who always see the negative side of things in life. While non depressed ones always see things as they are. Psychologists have always tried to cure depression by teaching patients to see the reality and not the negative things in life. Well that’s all very wrong. Princeton, UPENN, and Northwestern concluded that people with depression are actually the most unbiased people, they don’t see things in a negative light, they just see reality, too much of it too. All 3 schools concluded that non depressed people are in reality ignorant of the truth and always alter reality in order to make them happy.

So. I am right. Ignorance is bliss.

Let P=“X studied for 3 days straight”.
Let Q=“X went out on a saturday night”.
Let R=“X has a life (a geeky one)”.

(P(Andre) and Q(Andre)) -> R(Andre)

I believe life has no meaning. When I say this, people often interpret it as a sign of pessimism or nihilism. The statement can have a different nuance, so let me elaborate. I think meaning emerges from interpretation. Meaning takes a cluster of points and redefines them in terms of patterns.
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