Philosophy

While thinking about sports, I am reminded of the example of topological equivalence showing how a coffee mug is a donut. Many sports are essentially football. Some, such as hockey, ice hockey, gaelic football, american football, rugby, basketball, lacrosse, polo, water polo, etc, are obviously so. The playing conditions, the number of players, the scoring, the shape of the threshold (goal, basket, goal line) and various other details differ, but in each case, there is an object that needs to sent beyond a certain threshold by a team to score points. ...

ॐ अग्नये स्वाहा । इदं अग्नये । इदं न मम ॥ अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवमृत्विजम् । होतारं रत्नधातमम् ॥ अग्निः पूर्वेभिरृषिभिरीड्यो नूतनैरुत । स देवाँ एह वक्षति ॥ अग्निना रयिमश्नवत्पोषमेव दिवेदिवे । यशसं वीरवत्तमम् ॥ अग्ने यं यज्ञमध्वरं विश्वतः परिभूरसि । स इद्देवेषु गच्छति ॥ अग्निर्होता कविक्रतुः सत्यश्चित्रश्रवस्तमः । देवो देवेभिरा गमत् ॥ यदङ्ग दाशुषे त्वमग्ने भद्रं करिष्यसि । तवेत् तत् सत्यमङ्गिरः ॥ उप त्वाग्ने दिवेदिवे दोषावस्तर्धिया वयम् । नमो भरन्त एमसि ॥ राजन्तमध्वराणां गोपामृतस्य दीदिविम् । वर्धमानं स्वे दमे ॥ स नः पितेव सूनवेऽग्ने सूपायनो भव । सचस्वा नः स्वस्तये ॥ ॐ महाज्वालाय विद्महे अग्निमध्याय धीमहि । तन्नो अग्निः प्रचोदयात् ॥ x 11 ॐ अग्नये नमः ॥

The Question That Stumps Libertarians The libertarian, upon pointing out the excesses of the state, is confronted by the inevitable question from the statist: “Are you an anarchist?” The connotations of anarchy are such that the libertarian, if he says yes, finds himself defending ‘chaos.’ If, on the other hand, he says no, he legitimizes a degree of state intervention, and from that point, having ceded ground to the statist, he consigns himself to the defensive for the remainder of the debate. ...