Swimmer in a Dark Sea

Take a tour through the mind of America's undiscovered philosopher: Pierce Timberlake. is a dizzying ride through a dazzling array of profound concepts. Using a hybrid of narrative and essay, Timberlake analyzes the big ideas that all thoughtful people wonder about at some point in their lives. Using intimate but universally relatable moments in his life as launch points, Timberlake examines profound questions such as: Dealt with along the way are such topics as chaos theory, deism versus atheism, how we decide to go to war, the real differences between conservatives and liberals, the parallels between visual and political perception, the mindset of bullies, the possibility that we live in a virtual world, and why our sexuality often seems so conflicted. Several new concepts such as metaphysical quantification and spurious certainty are introduced.