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Roy Scarbrough I also have a multi disciplinary Humanities degree, and am grateful for it in that way too.
E. Writer Agreed. So many people say that Liberal Arts is a useless degree because it's not focused on a specific vocation but instead it makes you well-rounded. I can go into any space and talk about any subject even if not at a level of mastery in some areas, I can thrive and not feel out of my depth because I've touched on it at some point academically. I remember a good friend once being amused asking what can I do with that degree and I was like, almost everything (social work, teaching, writing/editing, art, mathematics, philosophy). I used to resent this advisor who strongly advised me not to major in English but now I'm grateful I was pushed me into liberal arts.
Next Monday, tune in to WORT FM 89.9 Madison on December 22, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. CST where I will be appearing to talk about my book The Absence of Reality: Aphorisms and Observations on the Nature of Reality and Existence.
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E. Writer Oh wow, the kitty was not having it.
Alex Morton We had hopes of it returning because sometimes cats are like Australians and get it in their heads to go walkabout for a while and then head back home. But humiliation is a pretty strong emotion in a cat.
E. Writer Hopefully it did not meet with an accident on its journey and that's why it didn't return. Cats get into all kinds of sc*^&%!s.
M. C. Ryder Ferals take time to warm up to humans. All they know is there mother's love and if she's cautious around humans they will adopt the same behavior. I actually have a situation going on now with outside ferals. My neighbors took in the mama and the new litter. There were 2 that stayed on our property but now the one went missing and the other one seems lonely and is craving attention. Fingers crossed I can find someone to home him because he would do well in a home. He's very curious and is quick to learn some tricks. I have a bond with him and it's hard. I want to take him in but my own cats will not tolerate a new addition.
E. Writer Yes,I have 5 in house now. Two are formerly ferals. I want to rescue these new kittens so they can be adopted but it takes a while to build their trust. It took a year to get the current ferals to fully trust us. 3 months to get them in the house from outdoors.
As reality becomes more artificial, the less it resembles objective “physical” reality. It becomes abstract; the environment and social conditions becoming intangible and virtual. Socially, humankind’s immersion into the unreal, an imitation (simulation) of reality is not a conscious or willful act of defiance against reality, but a willful act of defiance against nature through technological advancement.
The arrow of time plays an important role in reality’s progression to artificial reality. Artificial realities do not retrogress to earlier states; it becomes more artificial as time moves forward, with reality becoming less tangible and increasingly more virtual (or digital) over time.
- From The Absence of Reality: Aphorisms and Observations of the Nature of Reality and Existence by E. Hughes
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