Harnessing the Wind of Change
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Category: Knowledge
The Moral Molecule
In an experiment to examine the effects of the hormone oxytocin on social interaction, neuroeconomist Paul Zak made…
Suffering…what is it good for?
Evil causes suffering and evil is preventable, but even in a paradisiacal world without evil, suffering would still exist.…
Chaotic Butterflies
In ordinary life chaos means disorder – random, disorganised confusion. In science it means something entirely different –…
Humility and Learning
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. Socrates…
Selflessness
You can’t forget what you don’t know. Take driving as an example. When you become a confident and…
Search For Truth
In Plato‘s Republic, he asks us to imagine a Cave in which prisoners live from birth. These prisoners…
Search For Truth
In Plato‘s Republic, he asks us to imagine a Cave in which prisoners live from birth. These prisoners…
What Everybody Needs to Know About Thinking for Yourself
Thinking for yourself is not about following every whimsical notion and desire and doing just as you please.…
Why We All Need Science and Religion to Work Together (even if we think we don’t)
Objective knowledge provides us with powerful instruments for the achievements of certain ends, but the ultimate goal itself…