STOIC POETRY | The problem of evil
September 19, 2019 Dear Eric, Why would God create a universe with evil? "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 18, 20193 min read
STOIC POETRY | My first time using faith...
September 18, 2019 Dear Eric, I weaponized faith for the first time yesterday. Well, maybe that's too strong a word. But that's how it...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 13, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Softypapa's last video
September 13, 2019 Dear Eric, I was so tempted yesterday to title my latest YouTube upload Softypapa's last video. This is due to the...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 2, 20193 min read
STOIC POETRY | Agent in a vacuum
September 2, 2019 Dear Eric, How much vacuum - if any - is necessary to discover free will? How much of the "substrate" of the universe
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Kurt Bell
Aug 31, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Acquiring a position of faith
August 31, 2019 Eric, You're not going to believe this... But I've become one of the faithful. Yup. It happened yesterday, about an hour
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Kurt Bell
Aug 30, 20193 min read
STOIC POETRY | A ripple upon the sea
August 30, 2019 Dear Eric, I've written to you a few times on the subject of free will - or rather, my perceived lack thereof. I've a thou
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Kurt Bell
Aug 29, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Explaining "The Pirate Ride"
August 29, 2019 Dear Eric, Let me try to explain The Good Life principle I call "The Pirate Ride." Imagine yourself on an amusement park att
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Kurt Bell
Aug 28, 20193 min read
STOIC POETRY | The Homunculus meets The Pirate Ride
August 28, 2019 Dear Eric, So, if we don't have free will, then what do we make of this parade of a seemingly free and willful life?
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Kurt Bell
Aug 26, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Giving in to fancy
August 26, 2019 Dear Eric, My suspicion that free will is an illusion is a curious specimen. You know how I don't like resting my hat on i
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Kurt Bell
Aug 18, 20191 min read
STOIC POETRY | The pirate ride
August 18, 2019 Dear Eric, There’s no good reason to imagine we’re anything but atoms and molecules, and compounds and organs, and muscles
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Kurt Bell
Aug 15, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | The illusion of free will
August 15, 2019 Dear Eric, I think I've made up my mind regarding free will... I don't think we have it. I think free will is an illusion
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