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Forum: Philosophy 01-11-2018
Replies: 246
Views: 108,489
Posted By Malone
Re: Anti-Natalism, Can It Really Exist?

Eh? I can assure you anti-natalists are real. Try reading the work of David Benatar. The online groups have thousands of members, and it is being discussed ever more in mainstream media. It's an...
Forum: Philosophy 01-09-2018
Replies: 44
Views: 22,762
Posted By Malone
Re: David Benatar (Antinatalism) v Jordan Peterson

The debate: Jordan B Peterson vs David Benatar - Antinatalism - YouTube
Forum: Philosophy 01-08-2018
Replies: 44
Views: 22,762
Posted By Malone
David Benatar (Antinatalism) v Jordan Peterson

Following the Benatar v Harris slugfest a few weeks back, I think this one could be spicier, given Peterson's tendency to get emotional and worked up. Could be entertaining:)



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Forum: Other News 12-03-2017
Replies: 0
Views: 5,329
Posted By Malone
Pessimistic Japanese writers

Sorry if these have been posted before, but I only came across them this evening. Short write-ups on Haruo Sato, Osamu Dazai, Keiji Ni####ani, Edogawa Rampo, and Japanese death-poems.

Of the...
Forum: Philosophy 11-29-2017
Replies: 11
Views: 10,903
Posted By Malone
Re: David Benatar interview

Say No To Life: The Futility of Antinatalism (http://saynotolife.blogspot.it/2017/11/the-futility-of-antinatalism.html)
Forum: Other News 11-24-2017
Replies: 2
Views: 4,037
Posted By Malone
New York's Public Library lost and secret apartments

Ligottian. An apartment in a library, very nice.

Inside the New York Public Librarys Last, Secret Apartments - Atlas Obscura...
Forum: General Discussion 11-20-2017
Replies: 5
Views: 5,354
Posted By Malone
"The Dead Mountain of Life" - Michel Bernanos

Anyone ever read this? Only heard about today, and it sounds appealing (ie bleak as hell).

Other Side of the Mountain (Sphere science fiction): Amazon.co.uk: Michel Bernanos, E.P. Halperin:...
Forum: General Discussion 09-10-2017
Replies: 85
Views: 54,780
Posted By Malone
Re: L'école belge de l'étrange

I was in a Belge state of mind today and came across this remarkably good adaptation of Bruges-la-Morte on YouTube. English subtitles, and gives a wonderful idea of what a haunting town Bruges is.
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Forum: Philosophy 05-08-2017
Replies: 95
Views: 50,855
Posted By Malone
Re: Is Your Personal Philosophy Similar to Ligotti's?

I don't have any religious faith (I stopped using the word 'Atheist' when it became synonymous with ignorant, self-righteous a**hole), but I too am saddened by the destruction of churches and other...
Forum: Philosophy 03-16-2017
Replies: 39
Views: 16,622
Posted By Malone
Re: Human obsolescence?

The doyen of Anti-Progressivists, John Gray, has a powerful critique of Harari here: Humanity Mk II: why the future of humanity will be just as purposeless as the past...
Forum: Rants & Ravings 01-29-2017
Replies: 47
Views: 27,409
Posted By Malone
Re: Nihilist poseurs and tiresome decadent rebels?

"Since we do not exist outside or apart from Life, we are part of the joke & the joke itself does not laugh." Ibrahim, genius!

The fetishisation of humour and irony is just another form of...
Forum: Off Topic 01-27-2017
Replies: 35
Views: 33,996
Posted By Malone
Re: Ruinenlust and Weird Fiction

Thanks for this most interesting series.

As a lover of ruins and industrial waste myself, I wonder have there been any psychological or cultural studies into the phenomenon? I wonder is there a...
Forum: General Discussion 01-19-2017
Replies: 11
Views: 12,624
Posted By Malone
Topic Nominated A wonderful recommendation by Ligotti

Thanks to Jeff Coleman for sharing this with me. (Apologies if someone has already posted this.)

“My reading of the poems in this book has only confirmed once again that I can no longer respond in...
Forum: Off Topic 12-28-2016
Replies: 35
Views: 33,996
Posted By Malone
Re: Ruinenlust and Weird Fiction

In Ruins by Christopher Woodward (2002) is a must-read study on the topic.
Forum: General Discussion 12-01-2016
Replies: 28
Views: 15,160
Posted By Malone
PC trashing of Weird Fiction

Mark S was talking about this on his blog. Apparently, it's a leftist trashing of weird fiction that features an ad hominem on Ligotti. Haven't yet listened myself, but am interested to know if...
Forum: General Discussion 11-23-2016
Replies: 0
Views: 4,901
Posted By Malone
Stanisława Przybyszewska

Anyone ever read this wonderful woman? Spent the last 10 years of her life alone in a freezing garret, addicted to morphine and obsessed with Robespierre. There's something almost Ligottian about...
Forum: Philosophy 10-14-2016
Replies: 18
Views: 11,475
Posted By Malone
Re: A wonderful demolition of Transhumanist nonsense

"Harris is a brilliant neuroscientist".

Actually, he received his doctorate in the subject only 7 years ago. He is an author of pop science books, pop philosophy books and pop religious discourse...
Forum: Philosophy 10-13-2016
Replies: 18
Views: 11,475
Posted By Malone
Re: A wonderful demolition of Transhumanist nonsense

I don't believe I've ever used a CS Lewis quote in my life before today.

And for the record, Harris is another deluded person. He is a hardcore determinist who constantly blathers on about 'the...
Forum: Philosophy 10-13-2016
Replies: 18
Views: 11,475
Posted By Malone
Re: A wonderful demolition of Transhumanist nonsense

As CS Lewis has said, " “For the power of Man to make himself what he pleases means, as we have seen, the power of some men to make other men what they please… At the moment, then, of Man’s victory...
Forum: Philosophy 10-13-2016
Replies: 18
Views: 11,475
Posted By Malone
Re: A wonderful demolition of Transhumanist nonsense

Yes, the stunning inability of rabid determinists to acknowledge that they, too, are no less programmed than the 'mob' never fails to shock me, and only shows again how very few people take their...
Forum: Philosophy 10-13-2016
Replies: 18
Views: 11,475
Posted By Malone
A wonderful demolition of Transhumanist nonsense

Humanity Mk II: why the future of humanity will be just as purposeless as the past (http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2016/10/humanity-mk-ii-why-future-humanity-will-be-just-purposeless-past)
Forum: Philosophy 10-10-2016
Replies: 0
Views: 7,815
Posted By Malone
"The Human Predicament" - New David Benatar book.

Dealing with the existential issues, broadening out from anti-natalism.

The Human Predicament - David Benatar - Oxford University Press...
Forum: Philosophy 10-10-2016
Replies: 95
Views: 50,855
Posted By Malone
Re: Is Your Personal Philosophy Similar to Ligotti's?

I'm not sure why people would feel embarrassed about wanting to believe in Christianity, or any other salvific worldview for that matter. The world as is is a hellhole, an abattoir, with no sign of...
Forum: Happy Birthday 09-30-2016
Replies: 7
Views: 4,066
Posted By Malone
Re: Happy Birthday Evans

Happy Birthday, Sir!
Forum: CATHR Online Comments 09-29-2016
Replies: 7
Views: 8,252
Posted By Malone
Re: TCATHR and 'Straw Dogs'

Straw Dogs is his main popular work. Silence is more of a coda to certain themes found in the former. You should certainly read it.
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