Comments on: On post-religion http://thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:27:38 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 By: The bubble « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-6458 The bubble « The Tar Pit Sun, 18 May 2025 08:43:26 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-6458 [...] got fucked really badly, because not only people were voting for someone -- they were full-blown fans of the particular figure! So now they have to make a choice between two folks with similar and even [...] [...] got fucked really badly, because not only people were voting for someone -- they were full-blown fans of the particular figure! So now they have to make a choice between two folks with similar and even [...]

]]> By: Norco « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-5265 Norco « The Tar Pit Sat, 17 Aug 2024 18:32:12 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-5265 [...] PungeČ™ti affair over in Eastern Europe; or the various losers who get sucked into various types of congregations; or the stray archetype, who can never find his or in this case her place within the world. Norco [...] [...] PungeČ™ti affair over in Eastern Europe; or the various losers who get sucked into various types of congregations; or the stray archetype, who can never find his or in this case her place within the world. Norco [...]

]]> By: On science « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-5256 On science « The Tar Pit Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:38:29 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-5256 [...] comment on Pythagoras' theorem2. I'm not even going to comment his review of some spreader of the One True Religion of pantsuitism, but I'll take my time to observe that it's been quite a while since any recent [...] [...] comment on Pythagoras' theorem2. I'm not even going to comment his review of some spreader of the One True Religion of pantsuitism, but I'll take my time to observe that it's been quite a while since any recent [...]

]]> By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-5243 spyked Wed, 07 Aug 2024 18:35:25 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-5243 > where X is a music band or an author, book, movie, genre By the way, "genres" are and always were a <a href="http://thetarpit.org/2016/on-the-failure-of-marketing" rel="nofollow">marketing gimmick</a> coinciding with the rise of <a href="http://thetarpit.org/2021/on-technology" rel="nofollow">industrialized production</a>. In other words, you're listening to junk music just like you're eating junk food, just like you're praying to junk gods. Enjoy! > where X is a music band or an author, book, movie, genre

By the way, "genres" are and always were a marketing gimmick coinciding with the rise of industrialized production. In other words, you're listening to junk music just like you're eating junk food, just like you're praying to junk gods.

Enjoy!

]]> By: Further on the future of edumacation « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-4913 Further on the future of edumacation « The Tar Pit Tue, 06 Feb 2024 21:10:17 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-4913 [...] piles of simulacra, sprinkled with whatever fashionable nonsense is spawned out of today's various subcults. By and large, kids today go through the same steps as we did back in the day, with slight [...] [...] piles of simulacra, sprinkled with whatever fashionable nonsense is spawned out of today's various subcults. By and large, kids today go through the same steps as we did back in the day, with slight [...]

]]> By: A materialist perspective on metaphysics « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-4279 A materialist perspective on metaphysics « The Tar Pit Sat, 17 Jun 2023 15:20:15 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-4279 [...] That is not to say that metaphysics is not worth pursuing as an activity of the mind -- if anything, the systematically applied study of metaphysics is necessary if one desires to form a coherent view of the world. If there's any problem with the worldview-as-a-lie, it's that the "world view" and more generally all thought is derived, as all life is, from environmental conditions. In other words, just as plants are incapable of thriving in the lack of water, sun and a rich soil, thought is incapable of thriving in a sterile environment devoid of adequate representation -- which is a problem only inasmuch as through its reliance on empty forms, it generates animals in lieu of educated folks, to take but one example. As for the so-called "adequate" representation, I suppose its determination is somewhat of an art, which yet again is how you got all the various priesthoods. [...] [...] That is not to say that metaphysics is not worth pursuing as an activity of the mind -- if anything, the systematically applied study of metaphysics is necessary if one desires to form a coherent view of the world. If there's any problem with the worldview-as-a-lie, it's that the "world view" and more generally all thought is derived, as all life is, from environmental conditions. In other words, just as plants are incapable of thriving in the lack of water, sun and a rich soil, thought is incapable of thriving in a sterile environment devoid of adequate representation -- which is a problem only inasmuch as through its reliance on empty forms, it generates animals in lieu of educated folks, to take but one example. As for the so-called "adequate" representation, I suppose its determination is somewhat of an art, which yet again is how you got all the various priesthoods. [...]

]]> By: Sibiu, cca. 2023 « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-4257 Sibiu, cca. 2023 « The Tar Pit Sat, 10 Jun 2023 16:18:32 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-4257 [...] older folks, are incurable hipsters. This particular demographic openly adheres to all postmodern religions: they collect their garbage in a conscious way, they ride the "green" bus, they believe in science, [...] [...] older folks, are incurable hipsters. This particular demographic openly adheres to all postmodern religions: they collect their garbage in a conscious way, they ride the "green" bus, they believe in science, [...]

]]> By: The "problem" with independent journalism... « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-4240 The "problem" with independent journalism... « The Tar Pit Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:25:30 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-4240 [...] religious one as well, but this is perhaps a discussion for another [...] [...] religious one as well, but this is perhaps a discussion for another [...]

]]> By: Heidegger's prophecy, or: Europe is quite badly fucked « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-3565 Heidegger's prophecy, or: Europe is quite badly fucked « The Tar Pit Wed, 07 Dec 2022 23:28:13 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-3565 [...] as the mentioned flight is a reference to Nietzsche's remark about God, I don't necessarily agree. I'd say that this flight is rather a peculiar sort of degradation of the notion of [...] [...] as the mentioned flight is a reference to Nietzsche's remark about God, I don't necessarily agree. I'd say that this flight is rather a peculiar sort of degradation of the notion of [...]

]]> By: Notes on OpenBSD device drivers « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-3449 Notes on OpenBSD device drivers « The Tar Pit Fri, 18 Nov 2022 21:04:21 +0000 http://wp.thetarpit.org/2014/on-post-religion#comment-3449 [...] I am indeed using "ideological" pejoratively, for reasons mentioned in the previous article in this series, or elsewhere, or elsewhere. ↩ [...] [...] I am indeed using "ideological" pejoratively, for reasons mentioned in the previous article in this series, or elsewhere, or elsewhere. ↩ [...]

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