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Bring yourself to question your waking self as a part of someone else’s dream. The responsibility of humanity lies with the choices of every man and woman.

Who would be so pretentious to refer to their own writing as philosophical? Answer: me.

The Mind-Body-Design

January 5, 2013 · by Eric Tegethoff | in The Word | tagged Cosmic Mind, Descartes, Design, forgetfulness, Huxley, Kant, Mind-Body, Philosophy | Leave a comment

You may have noticed a lack of Science Saturday last week. I got a lot of emails and messages asking if I was okay, if perhaps there would be no Science in the year 2013, if the Apocalypse really did occur a week late and everyone had transcended into a forgetful yet pansophical knowledge of […]

Keys to success in the factory

October 21, 2011 · by Eric Tegethoff | in The Word | tagged Factory, irresponsibility is the key to success, Philosophy, robot apocalypse, shame not blame, work | Leave a comment

There a few keys to success if you want work in a factory: 1) Always appear to have work to do. 2) Never take the blame for broken machinery/equipment, even if you broke it. 3) Convince the higher-ups that your job could not be done by a robot.

Awake When I Want To Be

October 4, 2011 · by Eric Tegethoff | in The Word | tagged consciousness, lighthouses, mind, Philosophy, pilots, poem, Poetry, poop decks, ships, spirit | 1 Comment

My consciousness is a lighthouse and my mind the ship. There is no fog, I can see the coast and I am on auto-pilot. The shiny metal pilot drives on the highway or does paperwork at the factory or writes a check for the rent. But the fog settles on the water, they are reunited […]

Look Back

September 20, 2011 · by Eric Tegethoff | in The Word | tagged hills, life, memory, Philosophy | Leave a comment

“…The thing is, all of life is uphill. Even if you do the same thing everyday, even if you have your ritual, you never travel home on a down slope. You can never see to the top of the hill, but you can take a look back, down the road you’ve traveled.” -Unattributed

naivety and humility

September 15, 2011 · by Eric Tegethoff | in The Word | tagged death, god, life, Philosophy | 2 Comments

life is an attempt to make you feel naive and death is an attempt to make you feel humble. when do i get to enjoy myself? and should i address this to God, even if he isn’t there?

Different Exits, Same Entrance

September 4, 2011 · by Eric Tegethoff | in The Word | tagged Philosophy | 1 Comment

Had the thought today that life is a bit like a room that we walk into and say “I’m alone” and every now and then we hear someone else say “I’m alone too”.  Then we leave through different exits.

Joy Approximately

September 3, 2011 · by Eric Tegethoff | in Fiction | tagged Fiction, History, Philosophy | Leave a comment

Oh, its just the Meaning of Life. That’s all.

August 18, 2011 · by Eric Tegethoff | in Fiction | tagged Fiction, Philosophy, Spiritual | Leave a comment

The man was so close now and was surprised to feel his heart beat faster. Still he moved forward, zombie-like, and suddenly the woman in front of him began flailing into the expansive darkness to his right as the Palace Guard proclaimed she “wasn’t getting past the velvet rope of this exhibit”. Not yet at […]

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