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Moral Capitalism: The Foundation

Moral Capitalism: The FoundationSven Gelbhaar26.03.2019 Capitalism, in its current state, neglects to find intrinsic value (to theindividual). We used to believe in this concept when money was backed byprecious metals, which were thought to have innate, intrinsic value. The commonsaying concerning valuation is that something is worth as much as someone willpay for it. This […]

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Beyond Incompleteness

Beyond IncompletenessSven Gelbhaar24.03.2019 Back in 1910-1927CE, an attempt was made to enumerate all conceivablemathematical knowledge in one cohesive system. This resulted in the /PrincipiaMathematica,/ wherein premises were postulated, and their results or conclusionswere then utilized by subsequent entries to arrive at a list — a cohesive listof all mathematical functions and their abstract derivatives. As

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There’s truth, and then there’s Truth

There’s truth, and then there’s TruthSven Gelbhaar10:10 AM 1/2/2019 It appears as though the calling of the intellectual class isto romanticize and validate the struggles and achievements(past, present, future) of the other classes. We see this withcontemporary philosophy, literature, and even in physics (whichI’ll focus on here). In Physics there is something called the Heisenberg

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Angry atheistic musings on sociology

The Status_quo is a series of conventions. Conventions allow usto have greater predictability in so-and-such a situation, but theyalso outline what we should expect to occur. The Positivists /“the glass is half full” people have altered their perception ofreality to the point where they will never expect, and thereforenever achieve, a better outcome to manifest

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On Rights

The federal government is good only at forcing solutions thatwork well in one particular locale onto every conceivable subsidiary.What works well for — say — New York City, might not beappropriate for Willow, Alaska. More to the point: gun laws for innercities shouldn’t mean a damn to the last frontier state who has tocontend not

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