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What happens when I read the Sophist | timwarnock.org

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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. What happens when I read the Sophist. October 1, 2012. This is what happens when I read the Sophist by Plato; on almost every page I would hope for something like this:. STRANGER: There are some who imitate, knowing what they imitate, and some who do not know. And what line of distinction can there possibly be greater than that which divides ignorance from knowledge? THEAETETUS: There can be no greater. STRANGER: Did you just punch me in the face? THEAE...

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Art | timwarnock.org

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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Pay Artists, Don’t Buy Art. September 29, 2014. Imagine a world where artists, rather than selling their artwork, were instead paid for their time; paid to work on art with other artists. Imagine collaborative art projects with dozens, hundreds, or sometimes thousands of artists working together on large projects — imagine each artist being so well compensated that they give their solo work away for free. Imagine that as the demand grew, opportunities a...

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Fermi Paradox | timwarnock.org

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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. October 3, 2012. In 1950, while walking to lunch, Enrico Fermi and his colleagues were discussing the probability of extraterrestrial life in the cosmos. Fermi and others contended, and logically so, that there must be many forms of life in the cosmos, even intelligent life. Later, during lunch, the conversation shifted to other topics; and then, as the story goes; Fermi asked, “Where is everybody? In other words, where is the evidence? We don’t w...

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The Library is Transcendental | timwarnock.org

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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. The Library is Transcendental. November 26, 2012. The Library of Congress has over 34 million books (and over 150 million items) — meanwhile, I read maybe 50-60 books in a single year. In my lifetime I will read only a few thousand books. Even the most voracious readers, reading several books a day, will consume far less than one-tenth of one-percent of the books available at the Library of Congress. This is over 800 miles of bookshelves. Think of all t...

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Random thoughts on Love | timwarnock.org

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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Random thoughts on Love. April 1, 2015. Love always starts with yourself, and with that most fundamental of questions, “. Who are you to be loved? Receiving love is kind of like hypnosis in that you can only hypnotize people who are willing (consciously and subconsciously) to be hypnotized! It is ironic that everyone who says, “I don’t want to play games”, is in that moment playing a game. If you really wanted to stop playing games...

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September | 2014 | timwarnock.org

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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Monthly Archives: September 2014. Pay Artists, Don’t Buy Art. September 29, 2014. Imagine a world where artists, rather than selling their artwork, were instead paid for their time; paid to work on art with other artists. Imagine collaborative art projects with dozens, hundreds, or sometimes thousands of artists working together on large projects — imagine each artist being so well compensated that they give their solo work away for free. Imagine that a...

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timwarnock | timwarnock.org

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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. 片場咖啡 Film Studio Cafe. September 2, 2016. I messed up the hand pose, but I think I nailed it as well as possible on a couch with stuffed animals. Also, cafés in Taipei are great! 片場咖啡 Film Studio Cafe. September 2, 2016. August 24, 2016. 白沙灣 (baishawan), literally "white sand bay", one of the northern beaches in Taiwan. Jiufen Old Street 九份老街. August 23, 2016. August 22, 2016. Jiufen is basically crowded stairs with amazing views…. August 22, 2016.

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In a Dream | timwarnock.org

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Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. May 5, 2013. In a dream I heard the gurus talking with the anti-gurus, about inner gurus and outer gurus. There were priests and philosophers, holy men with flowing robes. There was much worship and ritual, talk of enlightenment and how to breath. 8220;Breathing”, I thought, I’m doing it wrong. 8220;Thinking”, I thought, I’m doing it wrong. Can I awaken from this dream? If it persists then nourish the thought of self such that it knows it is but a thoug...