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  • On death - On Life - On the philosophy of... - Why you watch it

    The Philosophy of Monty Python’s Stan (from Life of Brian) – You came from nothing, you go back to nothing. What’ve ya got to lose? Nothing.

    March 26, 2018 - By Dave

    Everything that is something had to come from nothing. Every relationship you have in your life, at some point, was not there. So if you were fine before it happened, it’s proof you’ll be fine after it’s gone. Which is like life. At some point you didn’t live. And the world worked fine. And at some point you will be dead,…

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  • On Socrates - On Sports - On the philosophy of...

    The Philosophy of: Monty Python’s Socrates (and his match winning golazo vs Germany)

    March 25, 2018 - By Dave

    Philosophy, both reading it, studying it, and most importantly living it, is not about winning, or being the better than others (or the best) at it. In saying that though, in this football game of Germany’s philosophers vs Greece’s (refereed by Confucius), Greece wins. And how. And who else scores the winner, but homeboy #1 Socrates… Goooooo Greece!!!!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6nI1v7mwwA

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  • On Science - On the philosophy of...

    The Philosophy of: Karl Popper – Nothing can be proven right, it can only be proven wrong

    March 24, 2018 - By Dave

    Karl Popper’s philosophy Science can be applied to real life, for realsies. You don’t know anything. You can just experiment, analyse and reflect to show what doesn’t work, what isn’t right, perhaps what isn’t true. But we don’t know anything. And it’s that open mind that makes life so amazing, that makes you curious for you entire life

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  • On Fear - On Knowledge of Self

    Is ignorance bliss? How might it not be?

    March 23, 2018 - By Dave

    When you’re a kid, your vocabulary is limited to what you have learned so far. But with each significant period (1 year, 2 years, 5 years) you expand on that vocab, and upon your experience exponentially. But you’re perception of what upsets you, hurts you, scares you is restricted by how you process it in words. So though you may…

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  • Deep Dives - On Fear

    A Deep Dive into: Fear [pt.10] – The fear of looking like a weirdo

    March 22, 2018 - By Dave

    This is a deep dive into the emotion that possibly decides more things in our life (or our whole life?): Fear.  ——— How many times have you stopped yourself from asking a question you were wondering, started a conversation with someone you wanted to or even from just saying hi to someone? Maybe never, so well done. But if you…

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  • On Knowledge of Self - On Work

    The real test of who you are comes after a test.

    March 21, 2018 - By Dave

    The most important test of how strong, humble and resolute you are comes when you need to respond to a trial in life. It’s how you respond to a test of your strength during and then after a difficult time has begun. Sure, it’d be great to handle every test in life perfectly, but that’s not bloody likely. So when…

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  • On death - On the Ancients - On the Stoicism of...

    Seneca on the shortness of life (and the shortness of death)

    March 20, 2018 - By Dave

    Occasionally as we get caught up in the changes taking place in our lives, or during the course of new situations, we can stray from our personal philosophy and our the approach to our lives that helped us become who we are. It’s important to come back to the thoughts and ideas that matter most to you, the things you…

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  • On change - On Control - On Perception - On the Brain

    Don’t think of a pink monkey. Don’t think of a pink monkey. Don’t think of a pink monkey.

    March 19, 2018 - By Dave

    When someone tells you ‘Don’t panic!’ or ‘Don’t get stressed’ or even ‘Don’t worry’, the last thing that your brain hears is: ‘Panic!’, ‘Get stressed’ and ‘worry’. But it doesn’t only happen with commands. It’s not only when people are trying to reassure you that their intention may have the opposite affect. You may be doing this to yourself subconsciously.…

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  • On adversity - On challenge - On Providence

    If you’re experiencing something deep, some real emotions, some powerful feelings of fear, challenge, toughness or isolation, embrace them. These are the real times of life.

    March 18, 2018 - By Dave

    Most people have a one (or a lot of) songs that when they hear them, the song automatically takes you back to some time. And most times, that time it takes you back to a time when things were amazing, or scary, or unusual or completely not what you had ever expected to feel or be experiencing. So when you’re…

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  • On change

    Maybe living the good life is not about being invincible but about being adaptable.

    March 17, 2018 - By Dave

    Your body will fail you, at some point. So maybe being invincible isn’t realistic. Maybe, but maybe not. Maybe instead of saying ‘Nothing will ever hurt me’, it’s healthier and more constructive to say ‘Anything that happens, I can adjust to. Nothing is too much for me to handle.’

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