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Clavicus Vile

Clavicus Vile has written 5 posts for The Institute of Illogical Operation

Everything in every room

When I play Morrowind, I ask myself “What would I do in real life?”
But if I were to ever switch this around, to adopt a Morrowind mentality in real life, I would end up looking at everything in every room.

A Universe From Nothing

This is worth an hour of your time. In fact, this is probably worth several hours of your time.

Final Exam

When wondering why the universe exists, I have to ask this series of questions:
1.) Does there have to be a reason?/Can there be a reason?
2.) If so, is there a reason?
3.) If there is a reason, what is it?
We have to start with the first question, and depending on that answer we may [...]

Freeze Your Balls Off

If Eskimos have wars, I’ve never heard of them. Why is the standard of living in Norway better than in the United States of America? A question asked by George Carlin: How many rapes happen at the North Pole? Are the differences in the Southern U.S. and the Northern U.S. exclusively a result of history, [...]

Breaking my foot off in the ass of relativism

There’s something to be said about the relativist agenda.
 I believe that the truth is not subjective. Beliefs are subjective. Not the truth. Things are one way and not another.
 ”Outside our heads there is freestanding reality. Only madmen and a scattering of constructivist philosophers doubt its existence.” – Edward O. Wilson
 When people say that science is [...]