Pure Intelligence

• The Purpose of Life

  I had a small realization the other day, which went like this:

• Failing at learning

  If you fail a grade in school, you get held back a year and have to repeat it.

• A perfect quote

  I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned!

• Hell

  After a post on Heaven, it seems appropriate to do a post on Hell.

• Another Broken Heart

  This morning seems like a good time to revisit a previous post on having a broken heart. In it I pointed out two generalized responses to having a broken heart: lashing out in fear and anger, or turning inward and seeking improvement.

• Heaven, Inc.

  The typical Christian characterization of Heaven is one that I find fundamentally boring. For me, the pursuit of knowledge and applications of that knowledge are what truly excite me, and so the idea of being a ministering angel forever or even just creating worlds over and over sounds like it could get extremely … repetitive. And repetition like that breeds boredom for me.

• From Medium: Reasons I'd Be Atheist, But Choose to Be Religious

  This is a long read, but well worth it. I wish I had written it. Everything I read in there is exactly my experience:

• Fundamental Questions

  In my opinion, asking questions is the best way to learn. But two of the things that can be really difficult for me are 1) knowing which questions to ask, and 2) knowing when I’ve gotten an answer.

• Consider the Lilies

  What is it that makes us intelligent? We have unspoken rules about what we consider to be intelligent, but what are the rules? We think that (as a general rule) humans are intelligent. Dolphins are also pretty intelligent. Some of our favorite animals (dogs, cats, elephants, horses, rodents) are also somewhat intelligent. Fish don’t seem to be very intelligent. Rocks don’t seem very intelligent at all.

• Two Promises

  I have had two promises made to me at various points in my life that have had a major influence on me.

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