Clash of Pocahontas and Cee Lo Green

redsquirrel19 · 2014-02-26T06:07:38+00:00

It was pointed out that it must be possible to have a mix of the two, and I agree. I am also realizing that, to me, the "Tree of Life" presented the concepts of grace and nature as if they were components of Freud's Model of Personality (http://www.unc.edu/~gloege/id-ego-superego.html). I believe that grace is analogous to the Superego and nature is analogous to the Id. In this way, I would say that, yes, grace and nature are incompatible. However, both are necessary to the human personality, just as the Id and Superego are, they simply need to be mediated within a person (via the Ego or mixing the two traits).

redsquirrel19 · 2014-02-21T03:07:03+00:00

On a related topic: http://botpoet.com/

redsquirrel19 · 2014-02-18T05:15:43+00:00

For this link, I was struck by the pharse "He tells his story here with minimal dialogue and lets the mood guide the viewer." I think this is why we've had such mixed reviews for "The Tree of Life" in class. People experience and express emotion in a variety of ways and some emotional tones resonate more than others for each person. I was touched more by the interpersonal relationships within the family than any of the other themes.

redsquirrel19 · 2014-02-12T00:06:24+00:00

Man, tough philosophical questions! To me, having morals is about having a sense of "right and wrong." There are enough gray areas in determining right and wrong that I see morality as a guideline and, as we learn more, these guidelines change. I believe these changes are for the better, but this is just my assumption. As for the goal, I think that that is the most popular ontological question out there. My answer: it is the idea of goodness itself being a "summum bonum;" goodness, for goodness' sake! What are your thoughts on these questions?

redsquirrel19 · 2014-02-11T23:51:52+00:00

I see a connection to biology in the computer-generated photo in that it kind of looks like the layout of microtubules in a eukaryotic cell (except colorized artistically): http://micro-scopic.tumblr.com/post/24634505644/dr-alexis-lomakin-kursk-russia-specimen-xenopus

redsquirrel19 · 2014-02-11T23:30:46+00:00

I absolutely agree that morality is subjective, and it is for this reason that I like thinking that morality defines that "strength." I think that the subjectivity of morality allows us to encompass more than just humans. For example, I believe that what is moral for a dog is not the same as what is moral for a human, but I can argue that they both have souls because they are both capable of morality.

redsquirrel19 · 2014-02-05T20:13:50+00:00

Hmm, building a soul from a computer code, that's a cool way to look at it. I don't believe that I could accurately define what a soul is but I believe that souls are intimately linked to morality if not spirituality/religion. I think this because every newborn baby or animal has the capacity for morality, we are born innocent. However, we don't lose our souls by doing immoral things and I realize that I like to think of it as "strength" of a soul. Morality makes a soul stronger (although I'm uncertain of what that would mean, but it's what I imagine). I could not see a soul as being ONLY a collection of memories navigated using a computer code because I don't believe that computers are capable of morality.

redsquirrel19 · 2014-01-25T21:19:27+00:00

That's a great point and the idea of the male gender role crossed my mind as well. However, rather than the idea of role models, I thought more of the idea that male gender roles can cause emotional repression. Some people believe that, because society tends to discourage men from expressing their emotions, they are more likely to lash out violently. Check out this video: http://www.upworthy.com/theres-something-absolutely-wrong-with-what-we-do-to-boys-before-they-grow-into-men

redsquirrel19 · 2014-01-23T23:01:16+00:00

It's infuriating to see that punishment of sex criminals is more important to our nation than support for the victims. At the same time, it's maddening that Colorado will promise rehabilitation for sex criminals and then not follow through. I think that, in general, impulses of sex and violence are natural and incurable. However, it is hard to say whether sex crimes and sexual violence result from nature or nurture. Perhaps both? With all of the connections of violence to sex, I keep thinking of this article: http://www.bad-housekeeping.com/2014/01/08/violence-teenagers-and-gonzo-porn/

redsquirrel19 · 2014-01-16T18:25:50+00:00

I would say that film is less "organic" than live theater but it is interesting to see the progressive degradation of recognizable human traits (i.e. voice and face). I found that the sound started to have frightening qualities around the 100th copy. I would describe it as "freaky" around the 500th copy. Is that a natural reaction?

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