Tag Archives: Reason

In the Shimmer

Posted on December 10, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Will there come a day that AI becomes more human than human? What would the implications be if AI comes to replicate itself by fusing with other AI? What about if AI developed feelings and the desire to create as … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Tyranny Can Withstand the People Fighting, But, Won’t Last Long Once They’re Thinking

Posted on November 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“A king can stand people fighting but he can’t last long if people start thinking.” – Will Rogers, humorist (4 Nov 1879-1935)

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Conflict, Discuss, Reason, Resolve Differences, The People, Think, Thought For the Day, Tyranny, Will Rogers, Withstand | Leave a comment

First Principles: Think and Act For Yourself and Our Nation In the Pursuit of Right Over Wrong

Posted on October 27, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It behooves you, therefore, to think and act for yourself and your people. The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors.” – Thomas Jefferson (1775) … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Act, First Principles, Learn, Nation, Pursuit of Knowledge, Read, Reason, Right and Wrong, Self, Think, Thomas Jefferson, Truth, Wisdom | Leave a comment

The Fury Gone

Posted on October 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Watching a show about something altogether different, this poem just sort of popped itself out of back of my cranium… The Fury Gone by Michael Romani She was nervous, afraid to ask it About how the Triad wars Had very … Continue reading →

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Into the Hands of Lucifer

Posted on October 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Another more or less for Halloween and based in part on the Tiggy provided word prompt of “suspense”: Into the Hands of Lucifer by Michael Romani Such is the language of demons cast down That we strictly start with boots … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abandon, Autumn, Ball, Betray, Chill, Civility, Complain, Complications, Confusion, Creatures of the Night, Delusion, Demonic Language, Duplicity, Eternity, Fly, God, Gold, Halloween, Lucifer, Machinations, Master, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reason, Ruins, Samhain, Society, Spider, Suspense, Trap, Truth, Will | Leave a comment

Daily Prompt – To Be Scared of the Dark

Posted on October 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Every child knows what it is like to be scared of the dark. As do many, adult still. Some for more real reasons than others. But, fear is an emotion not reason, right? To Be Scared of the Dark by … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Ash, Crawl, Creak, Daily Prompt, Dark, Emotion, Enemies, Flee, Footsteps, Fright, Guard, Habitual, Hero, Hide, Know, Madness, Night, Plan, Prayer, Reason, Ritual, Sadness, Scare, Voice | Leave a comment

First Principles: Reason Is the Guard Against Humanity’s Absurdities

Posted on September 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the spot of every wind. With such persons, gullability, which they call faith, takes the helm from the hand … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Absurd, First Principles, Guard, Mankind, Reason, Rudder, Ship, Surrender, Thomas Jefferson, Wreck | Leave a comment

The Squishy Sound of Democracy

Posted on August 15, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

The suppression of free speech is a leading indicator of fascism not freedom and certainly not the small r republican values our Founding Fathers advocated in their classical liberalism. I for one refuse to bend to tyranny from any camp… … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Reason Is the Guard Against Absurdities

Posted on August 14, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. With such persons, gullibility, which they call faith, takes the helm from the hand … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Absurd, Faith, First Principles, Guard, Gullibility, Helm, Mankind, Mind, Reason, Thomas Jefferson | Leave a comment

Ghost Towns of Russia

Posted on August 9, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

600 million miles of history, quite a lot of it tragically beautiful: Ghost Towns of Russia by Michael Romani The provocative label of ghost town Once chased around Tells the story of another dead town Across 600 million Russian miles … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Artic, Audible Silence, Citizens, Collapse, Ghost Town, Gone, History, Horizon, Memories, Mercy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polar Nights, Question, Reason, Red Army, Russia, Soviet Union, Strategy | Leave a comment