TAKE YOUR EGO OUT OF IT: At some point in any debate or argument both sides start to lose sight of the goal, which should of course should be to inch or leap closer to the objective truth. Instead we become invested in winning, because of course, that is what feels best to our egos. … Continue reading
“Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man.” These words were famously attributed to the Jesuit order and are as profound as they are disturbing. In essence the Jesuits (and I would argue most clergy of any religous persuasion) knew that indoctrinating a child as early as possible … Continue reading
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
