Category Archives: questions on the loo
questions on the loo, issue #6: Is it ethical to have children?
Coincidentally, on the day i wrote about birthdays, Peter Singer wrote about giving birth to new generations on the NYT’s new online column on philosophy, The Stone. Ever since reading it, i’ve been thinking about the issues raised, but even … Continue reading
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questions on the loo, issue #6: Which of your senses would you lose if you had to lose one?
This is a common question that i’ve seen pop up in many places, but i never thought deeply about it until my best friend asked me it the other day. At first, i confidently said, “Smell.” I couldn’t give up … Continue reading
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questions on the loo, issue #5: “People who know what they want.”
You see that remark everywhere. Anywhere from job listings to online personals, people are always seeking those who know what they want. I never quite understood what this might mean. How could anyone not know what they want? I know … Continue reading
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questions on the loo, issue #4: Fatigue and the distant voice
You know when you’re extremely sleep-deprived, and during the day, you eventually come to a moment when all stimuli in your surroundings fall away, and whatever voice(s) you hear suddenly sounds like it’s coming from far away, and everything seems … Continue reading
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questions on the loo, issue #3: Visual culture
(image via my professor’s powerpoint) I was reading about the advent of electricity, when i came across an interesting idea: that lighting is a “powerful symbolic medium”. It never ceases to amaze me how powerful lighting is in the media … Continue reading
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questions on the loo, issue #2: Push-button culture and thinking
In “Media in Ancient Empires,” Harold Innis says that the transition from tablet to papyrus writing, due to the mechanical differences between writing in stone and writing on paper, led to a “lightness” of thought⎯an increase in eloquence, observation, and … Continue reading
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questions on the loo, issue #1: Epistemology, anthropocentrism, conscience, and life
This will be a regular feature of questions that pop up in my head. They will most likely be philosophical in nature. They’re more for me to keep track of, but discussion is always, under whatever circumstances, welcome and desperately … Continue reading
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