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The Paradox of Choice (Buridan's Donkey) and The Free Will

The Buridan's paradox is one that is most fascinating. It is a spin off on an argument made in Aristotle's On The Heavens, ridiculing a sophist's idea on worldly forces. Although not technically a paradox, for it does not contain two contradicting ideas, it is given the label of one considering how befuddling the end result is. And it sure does tickle the brain. It goes as follows: A hungry donkey placed in between two stacks of hay equal in quantity and equidistant from it, due to it's inability to make a rational decision on which one to pick, will die of starvation. A very, very shrewd paradox. The donkey is extremely hungry, it is presented with not one, but two stacks of delicious hay. It is this possibility of excess that paralyzes the donkey. It wants to make the most advantageous decision but both seem equally lucrative! The end result? A hungry donkey with endless fodder dies of starvation. Now this all seems like philosophical hoopla with no

You Think You Know Love?

Love hurts they say. But it doesn't. It is not love that hurts you, but the absence of it, when it is over or had never begun. Love constricts they say. But it doesn't. Jealousy constricts, anger binds, distrust doubts, and don't confuse them for love. To carve out your chest and give your heart to someone is noble, but isn't love, because love doesn't demand. But then again, if you cannot sacrifice, it probably isn't love either. If love is mere chemicals in the brain, why do we feel it deep within our gut when loneliness digs a hole sucking inwards making it hard to breathe, high up in our throat as we choke back words and on both our cheeks as misty drops of tears? Love is not blind, but on the contrary, sees clearly. Love will not ask you to jump from a cliff, alter your beliefs, mend your personality or prove yourself, because love does not test, and if you are being tested, then you are blind, because it is not love. If it brings pain, destructi

We need a Revolution! Time to usher in the era of Free Love ♥

While the term "Free Love" has been widely associated with promiscuity and used as an excuse for multiple sexual partners, it is in fact the freedom for two consenting individuals to indulge in all forms of love without the nosy involvement of society, the government, the church or their neighbours cat. The emphasis here is on the dismemberment of unwanted regulation that the world imposes on two people in love. I am at my local bar, perched on the bar stool sipping a beer and having a lively conversation with the bartender. Sometimes you need to disengage from all that is normal, devoid yourself of everyone you consider dear and have a beer by yourself, with interspersed discussions with the bartender of course(trust me they have the most colourful stories to tell). A woman walks up to the bar, a very beautiful creature this lady, luscious black hair that evokes a sense of mischief, piercing hazel eyes that I'm enchanted by, a petite yet full body wrapped in a spe

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