Month: October 2017
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Arrest me; I’m a murderer… in my dreams
So recently, one of my friends has been really stressed and vividly dreaming. Slowly, they have gotten more and more disturbing to the point where she is killing people in her dreams. She would never dream of harming anyone in real life (I don’t think) but it does pose an…
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The Philosopher’s Dress
I’ve recently started mentoring a group of year 7s at school. In the last session, we were discussing whether we could trust our senses and the different ways they can be fooled. Before we had gotten too far, the kids were immediately bringing up the black and blue dress that…
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Etiquette at the Theater According to Utilitarianism
So my sister and I (Hello if you are reading. Are you proud you are mentioned in a blog post?) went down to the Edinburgh Fringe for a weekend and while we were down there we went to go and see “La Boheme”. It was absolutely beautiful and we were…