The Ultimate Skepticism


	The Ultimate Skepticism

abailart

10-8-2007 6:43 AM

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pyrrho, pyrrhonian skepticism, dogma, knowledge

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10-8-2007 7:24 AM

debbyski

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMUeovm7hOI

10-8-2007 10:27 AM

abailart

That is a good thing to watch. Extremely simple and effective, it made me think of extremely simple things at the same time. One was the weird space between the lightness of being human and the reality where skepticism and playfulness have no place.

10-11-2007 4:57 PM

davboz

I like this.

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