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Stephen Hawking has been stirring up the pot a bit lately. And none of it amuses me. Especially because I can clearly see that he’s right. The associated FARK.com thread is mightily amusing, however. I am actually very surprised at how few people understand the very simply idea of relativity. First, his ‘aliens are dangerous’ [...]

Aw hell, I don’t even comprehend what it might mean to die. I got the gist of it: poof, no more me. If I’m lucky, all that solipsism bull was right on the money and I can take you all with me into the void.

Scientists discover moral compass in the brain which can be controlled by magnets Scientists have discovered a real-life ‘moral compass’ in the brain that controls how we judge other people’s behaviour. The region, which lies just behind the right ear, becomes more active when we think about other people’s misdemeanours or good works. In an [...]

Roissy, among many others, describes an alpha-beta split in human men. His examples and evidence is compelling, especially for anyone who leans towards evolutionary psychology. Well, here is even more proof: I know I’ve been writing a lot about reproductive rights and sexual health issues, but the stories I want to comment on seem to [...]

Over at Starts with a Bang, Ethan made a very interesting post about diverging/converging series. Aside from the mathematical interest, philosophers understand the need for logic and thus, find a different sort of interest. From Bernard Lonergan’s Insight Chapter 1, Elements: A fourth step will be the discovery of the need of a higher viewpoint. [...]

Links to Spirituality Found in the Brain Scientists have identified areas of the brain that, when damaged, lead to greater spirituality. The findings hint at the roots of spiritual and religious attitudes, the researchers say. The study, published in the Feb. 11 issue of the journal Neuron, involves a personality trait called self-transcendence, which is [...]

“Just as the individual egoist puts further questions up to a point, but desists before reaching conclusions incompatible with his egoism, so also the group is prone to have a blind spot for the insights that reveal its well-being to be excessive or its usefulness at an end.” – Bernard Lonergan, Insight If that doesn’t [...]

BWAHAHAHAHA… I go to a public university in GA. The comments on the Augusta Chronicle’s page are, as always, worth the read. One of the commentrs sounds suspiciously like one of my professors from last semester (and the fact that he hints at the fact that he has his doctorate). Chapters 6 & 7 of [...]

Don’t confuse them with facts To listen to talk radio, to watch TV pundits, to read a newspaper’s online message board, is to realize that increasingly, we are a people estranged from critical thinking, divorced from logic, alienated from even objective truth. We admit no ideas that do not confirm us, hear no voices that [...]