Today a friend posted an article on B.o.B.'s Flat Earth Twitter rant. I normally wouldn't have read it, all usual considerations accounting, but the preview image to the article caught my eye. B.o.B. sez Felix Baumgartner's spacejump isn't proof of a round earth because GoPro cameras are wide angle and thus distort edges into curves ( Read more... )

Honestly, if you look at the tenents of Buddhism, the four noble truths specifically, wherein it says, "You can only escape Bukkha [suffering] by ending desire," that is where Buddha fails to fully grasp his own truths. The attempt, or even thought of, Nirvana is a desire. "If you want to escape suffering, stop wanting things ( Read more... )

Circular definitions have been deleted. (i.e. acceptance: the act of being accepted.)

Contentment: A source of satisfaction.

Satisfaction: 1. The fulfillment or gratification of a desire, need, or appetite ( Read more... )

I've recently stopped and realized that whatever defining personality of my group of friends has since begun to slowly lose meaning, not because of being untrue to ourselves, but for a lack of significant basis for comparison ( Read more... )