There is no reason to fear being wrong when corrected, because it gives you a chance to change and adopt the more correct and improved belief. But there is definitely an urgent fear of being wrong in the sense that ignorance has cost the lives of millions of people throughout history. This is the True Fear of Being Wrong, and it is a massive problem to be overcome.

I want to do NaNoWriMo, except on my blog: I will be writing my 50,000 words in a series of blog essays for the month of November, attempting to write a blog post every day, something I wasn’t even able to do in my blogging experiment when I wasn’t a full time student.

In addition to reading a lot of different websites, I also like to read books. So I’ve decided to keep a list, starting from the beginning of July 2011, and documenting all the books that I’ve read, the book I’m currently reading, and all the books I plan to read.

Earlier, I wrote an essay detailing reasons why problems in prayer can be used to show that Christianity is false. In response to this essay, I got a comment explaining to me why arguing about religion is a waste of time, and how maybe my efforts could be put to more constructive purposes. In response to this response, I offer this essay explaining why I argue against religion and why such arguments aren’t insulting or arrogant, but instead worthwhile for many reasons.

One of my friends at Denison University, Sarah “Neelu” Jose, died on July 10, 2011. It turns out that my answer to a friend dying is to talk to no-one, but to retreat inward and think about it, as well as pretend it didn’t happen. But now I want to use my blog to write about it, to keep the memory alive.

I’ve noticed that Greatplay.net lacks an about page, or any specific kind of summary of what it is that I am trying to do with this website. I have set out to create a post to fix this problem, explaining in very slightly more detail who I am, what this blog is for, and outlining my academic interests.

Two years ago, I made a post that detailed the ten songs I had played the most in my music player. After stumbling upon this post in the archives and noticing that it was near the two year anniversary, I decided to follow it up to see how much my music tastes have changed.

t’s not often enough that I celebrate the work others — especially the others who’s written ideas have really inspired me to keep writing for myself; the others who’s works are what I attempt to summarize and build off of. So that’s why today I have decided to write a list of all sorts of writings that have gotten me to think the way I think today; the writings of the giants — the giants who have shoulders that I do not yet stand upon, but meekly and humbly climb toward. A lot of the work here is reflected greatly in the work I write on my blog — this should show my respect and inspiration I derive from these authors.

Like 2009 before it, this blog has seen another year come and go. Luckily it has been revived soon enough to document it. Here’s to 2010, another great year. While being a relative snooze compared to the action-packed 2009, we at least had a lot of earthquakes. This post is my tribute to both the year and my website’s involvement in it. See you all in 2011!

I have now graduated from High School!