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  • The Desecration Problem
    featured | Philosophy & Thought | Reflections & Review

    The Desecration Problem

    ByNoor Omer May 19, 2026

    Author’s note: This opinion piece, which is rather philosophical than incremental in nature, is meant to be judged with the minds and hearts of those who go beyond the limits of earth and the heavens. My vain of thoughts, and nothing else are at play throughout my philosophical arguments here. The Great Fall of Humanity,…

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  • Book I of the Republic: Why the Fight Over Justice Actually Matters
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    Book I of the Republic: Why the Fight Over Justice Actually Matters

    ByNoor Omer May 10, 2026May 10, 2026

    Most people who pick up Plato’s Republic expect philosophy. What they get in the first book is something closer to a bar argument. Socrates walks into a room, gets pulled into a conversation he didn’t ask for, and ends up in a war of ideas with three very different men. Plato designed Book I as…

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  • If AI were a woman
    AI & Life | featured | Philosophy & Thought

    If AI were a woman

    ByNoor Omer May 2, 2026May 2, 2026

    Sounds like a delusional probe, doesn’t it? Except it is not. I asked a few friends to designate a specific female/male gender to AI. And to your surprise (not mine because I had a feeling they would pick female) they all said if we were to choose a gender, it would be female. This is…

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  • The Examined Life is Worth Living
    featured | Philosophy & Thought

    The Examined Life is Worth Living

    ByNoor Omer April 26, 2026April 27, 2026

    To think is to command yourself. But how can one command self without the foundations of thinking and understanding? This is one of the key questions that I ask myself all the time. Here, I want to address it, in my own way of thinking, especially by focusing on the sovereign power of philosophical thought…

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  • Under Steady Light: Why Do I Write?
    featured | Philosophy & Thought

    Under Steady Light: Why Do I Write?

    ByNoor Omer February 19, 2026April 25, 2026

    In an age of noise, speed, and reaction, I return to writing as a discipline. I am most fascinated by writing for the sake of clarity, but also for pleasure. Since I was 12, I have made myself a hub of miscellaneous ideas, mostly those that shape me and you from an early age passed…

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