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What
really
happened to ATLANTIS?
Did ANCIENT ALIENS really build the PYRAMIDS, like on that HISTORY CHANNEL show? Is there a SECRET GOVERNMENT that plans to POISON most of the population? Is the PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY withholding the CURE FOR CANCER to turn a profit? Are McDONALD'S HAMBURGERS really made from INSIDIOUS CHEMICALS? Are we really close to the END OF THE WORLD? OCCAM'S NIGHTMARE is an exploration of the world of conspiracy theories, alternative science, pop culture, and how they all tie together. Mapping the history of speculative and dubious ideas--from Nazy Germany, to H.G. Wells, to the mystery of who really killed Kennedy--CRACKED writer and Three Minute Philosophy creator S Peter Davis traces a genealogy of wacky hypotheses right back to where they all began - and where they all went wrong. Find out such fascinating trivia as: How horror author H.P. LOVECRAFT is
responsible for both SCIENTOLOGY and ANCIENT ALIENS
How ONE WOMAN created the MYTH OF ATLANTIS, the DAVID ICKE PHENOMENON, and NAZISM How a theory of disease from the time of the BLACK DEATH is responsible for both ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE and VACCINE HYSTERIA How CHARLES MANSON is really behind the controversy about OBAMA'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE And many more surprising links. BUY IT IN PAPERBACK, or BUY THE EBOOK Unsure? Read a free excerpt HEREBU ReBY |
 VIEW AN EXCERPT FROM MY UPCOMING BOOK! PHILOSOPHY IS HARD. Or at least that's
what
the career academics want you to believe so that they can justify their
terrible life choices.
Three Minute Philosophy began as a animated web series that sought to both stretch the definition of "animated" about as far as anyone's willing to concede, and help beginners learn about philosophy and have fun doing it. Since the original series back in 2007 (which remains more popular on YouTube because I swore a lot) people have actually started utilising Three Minute Philosophy as an educational resource. Well, you chose the damn elective so that's your perogative. I'll promise to try to be accurate if you promise to stop asking for Ayn Rand (you won't). Oh and hi, look at this website where I will put up the new episodes and also write some philosophy articles for you to read and hopefully get something useful out of. I just ended a sentence with a preposition and I don't even care. |
LATEST EPISODE: ARISTOTLE We still haven't lived up to him. VIEW THE FULL SERIES HERE! |
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Probably Have No Free WillSorry about that. But if it's any consolation, it's a really complicated and unsettled debate. From pre-Socratic times through to Aristotle and the modern era, the question about what exactly "free will" means and what it entails has taken up a considerable amount of time in which philosophers could be doing something more with their lives. Covers determinism, fatalism, libertarianism, and a bunch of stuff in between.  Zombies
vs
Vampires:
The
Political
ExplanationAs bizarre as it sounds, the popularity of zombies or vampires in fiction tends to relate directly to who is in charge of the White House in any particular era. As one of the few horror movie philosophers likely to exist, here's my analysis on the situation. [Hosted by CRACKED.com]  Frege,
Kripke
and
the
Philosophy
of NamesGottlob Frege and Saul Kripke have a lot to say about names because theirs are particularly stupid ones. Namely (ha!) the question dates back to Aristotle about how names actually work. How do words relate to facts about the world? You might be surprised to know that we are still arguing about it because the Morning Star and the Evening Star are actually the same thing and it's not a star at all and apparently that just messes up everything.  The Dawkins
DelusionThis essay will attempt to put this self-destructive and absurd superstition to rest once and for all, and to demonstrate that a truly scientific mind must eliminate these counter-intuitive contrivances if we are to ever progress as a society. I will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is not now, nor has there ever been, a Richard Dawkins.  The Ontology of
TwilightWhy do actors get caught up in their own fictions? Why do we get confused about what is or isn't real about movies and the actors cast in them? What do gossip magazines have to do with all of this? Why the hell am I writing about Twilight? Does philosophy hold the answers? Maybe! |
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