The bible said suffering can brings out the beauty of human nature and now we have scientific proof! Altruistic originates from survival of the selfish gene between tribal wars in pre-historical times. If the world is at peace for 150 generations, the altruistic gene will lose out to the selfish gene!
The sky is, literally, the limit
The previous generation looks up to the stars and have sky as their limit. This generation has put too much focus on Earth and become the prisoner of gravity.
Richmond Night Market
Every summer from May to Oct on weekend nights, the abandoned industrial area next to the Knight bridge will turn into Richmond Night Market. It is very crowded as usual. Probably because it is the only hang out places stay opens for families and friends after the malls are closed.
The main attraction of the night market is the open air food court. There are lots of Asian street delicacy from Chinese, Korean and Japanese. There are some new varieties every year. A few years ago, it was the takoyaki. There are still a couple takoyaki booth this year, but it is clearly out of fashion. The new items this year is large squid tentacles, many booths offers it in different favors, including bbq, pan fried, fried and curry.
Another hot item this year is the Korean potato skewer. Let me try to describe how it looks like. Imagine a potato is sliced by rotating blade into a single curly thin slice while maintaining the shape of the potato. Then the potato is stretched on a skewer for died fried and decorated with cheese or favored powder when it’s done. The potato skewer is very popular among the white guys, almost every white group order one to share. I think this food has a huge potential in the mainstream market. After all, potato is the staple food for Canadians and everyone loves fries.
PHIL320 Political Philosophy 政治哲學
讀了哲學差不多三年﹐我最感興趣的課題是政治哲學與道德哲學。第一次接解政治哲學是兩年前修讀的入門課﹐學懂了社會主義﹐資本主義﹐自由主義﹐和一藍子不同主義的分別和好壞。這幾年一直期待可以修讀中級政治哲學﹐可惜上課時間總與工作時間不配合。這個學期中級政治哲學終於在個學期終於在午飯時間上課﹐雖然每星期有兩天要匆匆忙忙在課室裏吃午餐﹐不過能修讀到想讀的科目﹐辛苦點還是值得。這門課的教援竟然是上學期我修存在主義的教授。不知是存在主義內容特別艱深﹐還是教授講解得不清楚。那科我的成特別差﹐有點擔心這課也會重蹈覆轍。幸好原來只是課程內容的問題﹐教授講解政治哲學十分清楚﹐這科我也順利考取B+的成績。
這課程的編排與與初級政治很哲學不同。初級班以政治理念分類﹐縱向教授不同主義的思想。這班的課程則以橫向分類﹐每章集中討論一個政治議題﹐把從左到右有關該議題的想法和觀點羅列出來。課本厚達的五百多頁﹐﹐結集近代著名政治哲學家﹐圍繞那些議題發表的學術論文。以前初班的哲學課本雖然也要看原文﹐但編輯會在文章前加一頁半頁導讀。這次中級課程的課本完全沒有導讀﹐上堂前自己讀閱課文備課比較吃力。幸好教授的講義解晰清楚﹐她亦把課堂講義的電郵給同學。上課前先看一遍課文﹐記下不明白的地方上堂時發問﹐或與其他同學討論。溫習時再參考講義﹐對照課文重看一次﹐基本上已能掌握所有課文內容。若果上課前不備課﹐只是臨場聽教授講解的話﹐沒有時間去思考文章的內容﹐便會錯過發問澄清文中某些慨念的機會了。
課本的內容很廣泛﹐從國家的慨念﹐到民主制度﹐公義﹐權利﹐自由﹐平等﹐剝削﹐正義戰爭也有深入討論﹐但一個學期只有十三個星期﹐教授只能取捨書中的文章來教授。怎料這個冬天溫哥華下大雪﹐大學因為積雪關係停課﹐學期中教授又病倒了一個星期﹐結果前後損失了兩星期的教學時間。教不完所有課程內容﹐教授只好漕縮課程﹐放棄國家﹐剝削和戰爭的文章﹐連關於平等議題也只夠時間教一篇文章﹐真是可惜。希望遲些日子有空閒﹐我可以自修餘下的課文。不過有些文章很艱深﹐讀完也只是一知半解﹐不能確定自己有沒有誤解文章的原意。或許光拿起課文看文章還不夠﹐必須要寫筆記撮要文章的重點﹐並思考批判作者提出的理由的局限性﹐才能夠清楚明白文章的內容。
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