GreyMatter
@graimatter.bsky.social
Much learning does not teach understanding.
Science is not an oracle but a communion of inquirers, existing through time, committed to a general strategy for increasing our knowledge of the world through thoughtful experience.
May 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Science is not an oracle but a communion of inquirers, existing through time, committed to a general strategy for increasing our knowledge of the world through thoughtful experience.
Make America Angry Again.
March 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Make America Angry Again.
You are being observed. Be on your best behavior.
February 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
You are being observed. Be on your best behavior.
To protect our brains it's necessary to balance intense focus with idleness. Information overload keeps us trapped in a cycle of noise, sapping both our willpower and creativity.
December 22, 2024 at 4:42 AM
To protect our brains it's necessary to balance intense focus with idleness. Information overload keeps us trapped in a cycle of noise, sapping both our willpower and creativity.
Nihilism is a gift, don’t waste it or it is all for nothing.
December 8, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Nihilism is a gift, don’t waste it or it is all for nothing.
While most of you are wasting your time on BlueSky. I am busy growing my knowledge, experience and wealth. Ask yourself, if BlueSky is such a great return on investment for you and your time?
December 7, 2024 at 10:13 PM
While most of you are wasting your time on BlueSky. I am busy growing my knowledge, experience and wealth. Ask yourself, if BlueSky is such a great return on investment for you and your time?
True philosophers reach for the future with a creative hand and everything that is and was becomes a means, a tool, a hammer for them…FN.
December 1, 2024 at 6:38 PM
True philosophers reach for the future with a creative hand and everything that is and was becomes a means, a tool, a hammer for them…FN.
Black Friday, has now given me access to my philosophy everyday of the week. 2k books in my pocket.
December 1, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Black Friday, has now given me access to my philosophy everyday of the week. 2k books in my pocket.
Faith in scientific progress has culminated in lost faith in humanity, faith in scientific progress has grown stronger as it’s scientific progress that’s to fix all that’s flawed in humanity. Suffering from scientific progress, we turn to scientific progress to cure our suffering.
November 30, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Faith in scientific progress has culminated in lost faith in humanity, faith in scientific progress has grown stronger as it’s scientific progress that’s to fix all that’s flawed in humanity. Suffering from scientific progress, we turn to scientific progress to cure our suffering.
Only in the freedom of our speaking with one another does the world, as that about which we speak, emerge in its objectivity and visibility from all sides. HA.
November 30, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Only in the freedom of our speaking with one another does the world, as that about which we speak, emerge in its objectivity and visibility from all sides. HA.
Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. TV.
November 29, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. TV.
…for without possibility a man cannot, as it were, draw breath. SK.
November 29, 2024 at 2:53 AM
…for without possibility a man cannot, as it were, draw breath. SK.
What is true has become less important than what is profitable.
November 26, 2024 at 3:51 AM
What is true has become less important than what is profitable.
Read more, talk less.
November 25, 2024 at 3:06 AM
Read more, talk less.
Atheists, so ready with their invective, prove that they have someone in their sights. They should be less conceited; their emancipation is not so complete as they suppose: they have exactly the same notion of God as believers. EC.
November 24, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Atheists, so ready with their invective, prove that they have someone in their sights. They should be less conceited; their emancipation is not so complete as they suppose: they have exactly the same notion of God as believers. EC.
The natural state of men is not peaceful co-existence but war—not always open hostilities, but at least an unceasing threat of war. IK.
November 21, 2024 at 8:57 PM
The natural state of men is not peaceful co-existence but war—not always open hostilities, but at least an unceasing threat of war. IK.
7 Rules worth knowing.
November 18, 2024 at 4:48 AM
7 Rules worth knowing.
When man perceives the world, he perceives without knowing it the superimposed shape of his own mind…
November 17, 2024 at 8:16 PM
When man perceives the world, he perceives without knowing it the superimposed shape of his own mind…
We live on an amazing planet. Shame we don’t care enough about it.
November 17, 2024 at 5:03 AM
We live on an amazing planet. Shame we don’t care enough about it.
…to perfect their natures human beings must acquire the unqualified virtues of character. But this they do only in a city-state with the best constitution.
November 16, 2024 at 6:13 PM
…to perfect their natures human beings must acquire the unqualified virtues of character. But this they do only in a city-state with the best constitution.
Look into people's eyes no matter who they are.
November 15, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Look into people's eyes no matter who they are.
To preach morality is easy, to found it difficult. AS.
November 15, 2024 at 3:12 AM
To preach morality is easy, to found it difficult. AS.
…great minds are sceptical. FN.
November 14, 2024 at 4:51 PM
…great minds are sceptical. FN.
Few discoveries are more irritating than those which expose the pedigree of ideas. LA.
November 14, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Few discoveries are more irritating than those which expose the pedigree of ideas. LA.
“Autumn”, sounds better than “fall” to my ears.
November 13, 2024 at 7:42 PM
“Autumn”, sounds better than “fall” to my ears.