SPOILER ALERT! Don’t read this if you haven’t already seen it! Now that Gomorrah is streaming on a few networks, I thought I’d mention some of the highlights that jumped out for me in Season Three. Most notably, we have two very strong woman characters, Annalisa (Cristina Donadio) and Patrizia (Cristiana Dell’Anna). Annalisa is a… Read More Gomorrah – Season Three
Hopefully, many people are starting to see that the future belongs to those who will be able to fill the post-technocratic void. Source: Scientism: A Dying Faith? – The American Mind Opinion: For a long time, I have talked about scientism in contrast to good, honest, and humble science. The two are as different as… Read More Scientism: A Dying Faith? – The American Mind | Opinion
If you’ve spent any time in a philosophy class or reading an A to Z of philosophy, the name Hegel should be familiar. Other than that, Hegel is not quite a household name. However, his work has had a profound influence not only on intellectuals but on entire nations. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) was… Read More Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel – One of those ‘brainy guys’ who had a profound effect on history and thinking about history
Hi everyone, I got really bogged down making this video. Not that I didn’t enjoy it. I did. But learning a new thing from scratch is always tricky for me. Kdenlive is an amazing program. It’s free and packed full of features. I wouldn’t say it’s easy nor particularly difficult to learn. I’m just slow… Read More Scientism – The Great Pretender – YouTube
Hard and soft science Do you remember back in high school when your physics teacher told you that he or she taught a “hard” science?¹ In case you are unfamiliar with the terms “hard” and “soft” science, I’ll repeat this little Wikipedia snippet: Hard science and soft science are colloquial terms used to compare scientific fields on the basis of perceived methodological rigor,… Read More Interference – From physical to political
Hey guys, I had a busy weekend so sort of whipped this article off and posted it without too many images. Today I remedied that. Life is so much more ‘readable’ with images, is it not? I hope you enjoy this update. The text of this article remains the same. 🙂 It’s not that science… Read More COVID-19 and scientism – Catholic Standard – Multimedia Catholic News | Opinion
A long time ago at the University of Ottawa, I was talking about the topic of illness with a fellow grad student. We both were enrolled in the Department of Religious Studies (now the Department of Classics and Religious Studies), had backgrounds in psychology, and were keen on researching possible connections between so-called mental illness,… Read More Getting sick of a monolithic view of sickness?
In philosophy, idealism is the belief that reality is a mental construction independent of external stimuli because the latter do not really exist as we habitually understand them. Wikipedia puts it this way: In philosophy, the term idealism identifies and describes metaphysical perspectives which assert that reality is indistinguishable and inseparable from human perception and understanding; that reality is a mental construct closely connected to ideas.[1] Idealist… Read More Idealism points to and makes us question… What Is?
Applying neurotheology to mental health, religion and science Source: Neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Newberg from Thomas Jefferson University on VatorNews podcast Opinion: Andrew Newberg seems to be an intelligent, open-minded researcher who is doing the best he can, given his level of spiritual knowledge. Some of his comments seem pretty obvious from sociological and theological perspectives.… Read More The Emerging Field of Neurotheology – Neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Newberg from Thomas Jefferson University on VatorNews podcast | Opinion
The ethical duty of scientists requires a particular kind of humility which, as Iris Murdoch asserts, involves “selfless respect for reality”. Yet as she goes on to explain, humility is “one of the most difficult and central of all virtues”. Source: Science as the separation of knowing and doing Opinion: When I hear people say… Read More Science as the separation of knowing and doing | Opinion
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