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name: Mike Distler
location: Canada, Ontario
birthplace: Bratislava, Slovakia
age: 24
sex: Male
job:
school & subjects taken: York University (Philosophy Major) - an assortment of Astronomy, Psychology, Computers, Law, Ethics, etc.
sexual orientation/marital status: Straight/Single
fav. philosoper(s): Plato, Aristotle, Fuller, Hume, Descartes, Locke, Agrippa, and Kant.
fav philosophical movement: tough to say, the most important movements that I believe have been made in philosophy are also the ones I hate most. E.g. Existentialism
ideal political system: My own.
ideal social system: My own.
ideal economic system: Never delved into economics enough to think one up, the ones I did learn about when I took business in College didn’t appeal to me. Nor did systems I learned about in Philosophy of Economics (Part of Philosophy of Law class).
god/religion?: My mind has always been open to God. I have always believed in a higher power that I feel, though I know nothing about it. Lately, however, I have been believing more and more in God.
fav. writer(s): Dale Carnegie, Buckminster Fuller, Orson Scott Card, Dostoyevsky, Peter C. Newman, Shakespeare, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Aldous Huxley.
fav book(s): Tao of Jeet Kune Do, Miracle Mongers and their methods, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Crime and Punishment, Celestine Prophecy, Ender’s Game/Shadow, Plato’s Complete Works
other fav people: Buckminster Fuller, Dale Carnegie, and Bruce Lee
fav. film: The Matrix
fav. artiste:
fav. song:
where youd most like to travel to:
where youd most like to retire:
is marriage on your agenda: Yes
children?: Yes
one wish: To be able to be me without impinging on anyones rights and freedoms while also everyone else not impinging on my rights and freedoms
if you could change one thing bout the world: I would change the way in which people live with each other and with nature.
if you could bring someone to life: Buckminster Fuller
if you could kill someone:
if you could live a period in history:
if you could meet someone currently alive:
if you could meet someone dead: Buckminster Fuller
if you could tell the world one thing: Live so that you don't impinge on others rights and freedoms (as far as possible), as well as, don't impinge on Nature's survival (as far as possible).
astrology: yay
fate: yay
big bang: yay
death sentence: nay
(all) war: nay
imperialism/colonialism: nay
(any) killing: nay
abortion: nay (except for extreme health circumstances and rape)
suicide: Relative to each person
euthanasia: yay, as long as they are sane
laws: yay
govvernments: yay
meat eating: yay
afterlife:
heaven/hell:
reincarnation:
souls:
one truth: an ever changing one
<either/or:> yes this can be very limiting. but im interested.
evolution/creation: evolution
freedom/determinism: both
life/death: life
painful truth/blissful ignorance: both
money/love: love
knowledge/ power: knowledge (though I do believe that knowledge is power)
moeny/knowledge: knowledge
bad sex & rich/ lotsa good sex & poverty: lotsa sex & poverty
empiricism/rationalism: both
passion/reason: both
idealism/realism: both
What’s your take?