Jimmy Wales was at the recent Pontifical Academy of Sciences meeting held at the Vatican towards the end of April in 2012 and he was quoted by the Catholic News Service as praising the Pope John XXIII’s encyclical “Pacem in…
We are human because of our technology. Few of us can remove all of our technology and live outside in nature. In the winter most of the population would be dead of hypothermia in hours and in summer we would…
It’s my view that the ostentatious Christian religions would have been obsolete in Europe decades, if not centuries, ago if it wasn’t for an incredible array of taxes and government grants and funding. It’s a mixed blessing because I like…
The answer to human existential problems becomes very easy if you take responsibility for these. It’s a simple step for anyone, but a vast leap for all, Who gives us purpose ? The answer is that we give us purpose.…
The teleporter problem is an interesting one because the swish science fiction view hides a fundamental philosophical problem that is rarely addressed in the science fiction programs that have teleporters. The teleporter (or teletransporter or similar wording) is usually just…
Having a coherent answer to Life, the Universe and Everything (other than 42) to reply to your children’s questions is a burden that falls particularly hard on the parent that has a naturalistic world-view. Life would be so easy and…