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As the World Turns
Following the title of a daily TV soap opera by that name that first aired in 1956, and that produced almost 14k episodes until it ended in 2020, the title remains appropriate today since, yes, the world is still turning … Continue reading
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Evolution in Transition
Neuroscientists have described the human brain as the most complex biological structure in the known universe, containing hundreds of billions of cells, and trillions of connections controlling every thought, feeling, movement and function of our bodies. If this proves anything, … Continue reading
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Tagged evolution, evolutionary objectives, organizational complexity, teleological process, the human brain
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The Larger Context
Life’s larger context is defined, in the first place, by our ideas about our place in the world provided we see it in in terms of being intrinsically linked to everything else that is going on in it. Consequently, our … Continue reading
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A Solution in Search of a Problem
Much of what I am trying to do here is to get to the story behind the story, i.e., to get a glimpse of the greater context of what plays itself out every day as what we refer to as … Continue reading
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Tagged cosmology, infinte universe, life, living, meaning of life, the story behind the story
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Life is a Metaphor
Life is a metaphor and living it tells us what the cosmos is all about. The problem is, we don’t really know what is going on, but are forced to act out what is at stake here by our very … Continue reading
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No More Crucifixes In Classrooms In Italy
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the use of crucifixes in classrooms in Italy. It said the practice violated the right of parents to educate their children as they saw fit, and ran counter to the child’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Crucifix, Dark Ages, human sacrifice, Italy, paganism, Pope, religion, Roman-Catholic, Vatican
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Only the Day after Tomorrow Belongs to Me.
” … Some are born posthumously.” This is Nietzsche’s way of saying that he has looked beyond the current wretched condition of humanity and is anticipating the arrival of an enlightened being who represents a new and superior iteration of … Continue reading
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Escape from Entropy?
The second law of thermodynamics states that the total entropy of any thermodynamically isolated system not at thermodynamic equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value, at which point the universe – as we know it – … Continue reading
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