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brett

do you know what subtle means?... yeah, laid back and shit

About Me

When people search for something, the likely outcome is that either they find it or, not finding it, they accept that it cannot be found, or they continue to search. So also in the case of what is sought in philosophy, I think; some people have claimed to have found the truth, others have asserted that it cannot be apprehended, and others are still searching. Those who think that they have found it are the Dogmatists, properly so called; for example, the followers of Aristotle and Epicurus, the Stoics, and certain others. The followers of Clitomachus and Carneades, as well as other Academics, have asserted that it cannot be apprehended. The Skeptics [skeptikoi] continue to search.
-Sextus Empiricus (Greek philosopher, physician, Pyrrhonic skeptic) c. second century CE

My Interests

seeing how people act upon their beliefs

I'd like to meet:

Richard Dawkins and Jesus, together. It might be a bit awkward.

Music:

the music i prefer is born from the holy sexual union between led zeppelin and pink floyd.

my most listened to are:
zep and floyd
a perfect circle
the arcade fire
bad religion
black sabbath
bright eyes
the decemberists
dredg
expolsions in the sky
the fiery furnaces
the flaming lips
godspeed you black emperor!
king crimson
lake trout
the mars volta
massive attack
modest mouse
opeth
radiohead
saul williams
tool
wilco
bill hicks and david cross (comedians, but they're on my ipod so they can go here)

Movies:

uncensored documentaries about books detailing the making of science-fiction silent films

Television:

sports
mr. show
six feet under
the wire
arrested development
the simpsons
nothing else

Books:

blown away: the very short autobiography of a suicide bomber
in-touch ministries: injecting the lord into our kids

Heroes:

the kindergarteners i taught in korea
thinkers of the elightenment
bands that play small venues