My Philosophy of Life

  rmqphilosophy.blogspot.com HALALAN 2022: The Failed Activism and the Striving Populism by Ronald Michael Quijano ----- -.... .---- .---- ..--- ..---        The 2022 Philippine National Election will go down in history as one of the most important yet controversial. Especially now that the Marcos family has returned to Malacanang after the ousting of former President and dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. The same president who was removed from power in February 1986 following allegations of mass cheating, political turmoil, and human rights violations, which led to the People Power Revolution.   Other controversial outcomes are (1) the leading of the senatorial race of Robin Padilla, a Filipino action star, producer, politician, and who was convicted for illegal possession of firearms in 1994. The triumph of Jinggoy Estrada who faced plunder and graft charges in connection with their alleged involvement in the pork barrel scam that defrauded the government o...

by Ronald Michael Quijano Science seems to be passive to most learners when it comes to its utility in leadership. The current curriculum seems to limit its scope in technical means. The wisdom and process of science is an enormous analogy of a healthy way of thinking, not just effective in its own field but also to society. Simply look at how our community is fashioned. It is clear that the majority of leaders and citizens hunger for authority but never wisdom. Opinionated but not informed. Powerful but not competent. We became short-sighted for everything we do. Our interests became limited to whatever satisfies our self-indulgence, on things that will give us more power, and on the matters that continuously make ourselves feel so special. It is evident to the current COVID-19 pandemic that the majority of our leaders do not listen to science. Their concern is not after the truth but after their image and self-worth. Science must promote its way of thinking.  In the Philippines, ...

by Ronald Michael Quijano Last update - March 24, 2020 It was 2018 when I thoroughly engaged myself with the philosophy's academe and practice. Skeptical of my beliefs and religion, I've been questioning it and refuting it ineffectively, until the year that I have understood the core concept and the art of argument; that it must be done reasonably, artistically, and intellectually. Until then, I have learned to criticize notions from other sides with genuine reasoning and learned to step away from militantism. To my surprise, it works excellently. I am now able to dispatch my cases and rebuttals calmly and intellectually, making sure the pureness of acumen and reason is loaded in my constructs. Despite such a realization, the mainstream media has now taken over the art of debate and turned it into a bigotry war. Political trolling is now the new norm, internet trolling, on the other hand, has been detected ever since the emergence of Web 2.0 and threatened the control of fr...