Science is a constant process of discovering natural phenomena, studying them and attempting to identify the causes and mechanisms behind these phenomena. As scientists often point out: we do not generally seek proofs in science. Instead we attempt to amass an overwhelming amount of verifiable evidence that support an attempted explanation. We employ models, that … Continue reading
20:40 Hours EST: Just a short thought today, a departure from my sometimes overly academic tone. I’m sitting at gate 2 in concourse F of Atlanta’s Hartfield airport, I’m travelling from the US back to Montreal and my connecting flight on Delta the self-proclaimed “Atlanta’s Hometown Airline” is connecting through… well….Atlanta. Some people are awed … Continue reading
The Existence Paradox: AKA “But the Universe Does Exist!” Having established a definition for Nothing. We have challenged the assumption that it exists or has ever existed. Further, I also questioned whether Nothing is necessarily the default origin of our universe just because we have not yet found (or even if we never find) a … Continue reading
In PART 1 of this short series I discussed what I believe is the outline required to tackle this seemingly profound question that is believed to have such grave consequence to our beliefs. We established that we could really only deal with this question in the real (non-supernatural) realm. To proceed however we need to be … Continue reading
“Something cannot come from nothing.” We all intuitively accept this statement, I would dare to say, almost axiomatically. I cannot personally think of any example in our middle world that does not conform solidly to this belief; it seems to be universally true, and in our universe I would argue that depending on certain definitions … Continue reading
It’s been a while since my last post, I would apologize but the reality is that I am likely to be a repeat offender on this one. The simple truth is that blogging isn’t my day job and my day job has been quite demanding…. Anyway, enough with my non-apology apologies…… Some time ago I … Continue reading
“Listening to your gut”, “Deciding with your heart”, and “Trusting your instincts” – these are all familiar phrases we give to a powerful notion: our human intuition. Intuition is a fascinating facet of our psyche, and volumes have been written on why we have it, how it operates and even how we can try to … Continue reading
Let’s start with a quick example. Your friend loses his cellphone and comes to you claiming that your child stole it. Immediately you balk at this suggestion, for two reasons: one your angelic two-year old isn’t a thief! Secondly, your friend hasn’t seen his cellphone since last week when he was in vacation in Tahiti! … Continue reading
In case you’ve missed it, there has been a strong move -in particular in the developed west – towards non-belief in theism. Most of the world’s believers are either followers of the Bible or the Quran or members of the Hindu faith, three religions whose fundamental and literalist interpretations have become increasingly easy to challenge. … Continue reading
There are far too many interpretations of the term “faith” then is possible to deal with in a single conversation, so I think it’s important to set what we mean on scievangelist.com when we use this word. Faith by almost all definitions is a powerful entity; this is an almost unquestionable fact. It leads people to … Continue reading
