by M. W. Wollacott | Jul 25, 2022 | Being, Philosophy, Ponderings
Is it possible to know everything there is to know? That’s a question which came to me while cooking dinner the other night. It part came from the world around me at that moment and part from movies where humans tap into unused brain space for limitless knowledge and...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | Being, Philosophy
Have you ever felt overloaded by all the information coming at you? It’s not just that so much of it is biased or inaccurate, it’s the sheer quantity. We get it on the TV, on social media, from news sites, in search engine results, from friends, and on YouTube. I’ve...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | Being, Philosophy, Ponderings
The virtues of isolation are an opportunity for self-reflection, a change to change and improve yourself, better connection with nature, and increased creativity. In addition to this, isolation can improve empathy, concentration, and memory creation. It has its risks,...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | Being, Philosophy, Ponderings
The five traits you need to obsess over in order to become a master are growth, negative feedback, truth, skills (not knowledge) and failure. In a recent video (see below), Modern Health Monk, AKA Alexander Heyne, outlined his five traits you need to become a master....
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | Philosophy, Plato
When did you learn that a table is a table? Chances are it was when you were but a toddler. A parent no doubt told you that this was a table and that was a table, so your brain processed the information and created a notion of the table. Or did it? Do we put together...
by M. W. Wollacott | Mar 7, 2022 | Aristotle, Philosophy
In my previous piece on Plato’s theory of forms, I asked the question – how do we know a table is a table? As Plato’s most famous student, it is no surprise that Aristotle too had an opinion on Forms. What may surprise those new to Aristotle is that he rejected...
