This section is meant to be my personal blog. I’ll probably write some personal thoughts here from time to time. However, I’m generally a quiet, no-nonsense kind of person, so it probably won’t be often. On the other hand, it’s possible that selected entries from old journals will be copied here at some point.
Grunner til å ikke bli rik
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This is the Norwegian version of the post “Reasons not to be rich”.
Reasons not to be rich
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I’ve heard that, given my computer expertise and everything, some people wonder why I’m not rich. Whenever directly questioned, I’ve usually just provided a fairly easy-to-understand answer, along the lines of “I don’t really care about money”. While that’s not wrong, it’s not the whole story. In this post, I’ll finally try to outline all the reasons why I’ve, so far, never seriously tried to become rich.
Mind of the Antichrist
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I’m not really a Christian (although I don’t discount the possibility that Jesus did exist and was a very strong shaman), but there’s always been something fascinating about the concepts of the ‘Antichrist’, the ‘Lawless One’, and the ‘False Prophet’. Many Christian theologists think all of these may be about one single person, even though the Bible doesn’t explicitly say so. But if that is so, then the Bible presents this person as quite deliberate; he has consciously chosen to be the Antichrist. I’ve always wondered if that was even possible — if you were foolish enough to actually choose that, wouldn’t you be too foolish to actually do the job?
Rationality and Gender
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This is a comment I originally wrote for a forum thread, where the thread starter was basically asking about differences in rationality between genders, on account of men’s slightly larger brains.
Mailbag: Truth, Happiness, and Books
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Some of the mail I get is worth my time, some not. Some is just on the borderline. But it occurs to me that sometimes, I might be better off giving a thorough response in my journal, rather than responding privately (or not respond at all).