2021-04-06 00:43
Born to immense wealth, Pancho had an arranged marriage to a minister. Newspapers proclaimed the marriage of a socialite to a pastor. Tired of the marriage, she couldn't get a divorce so eac… Read More
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Formerly Inveterate Bystander,Spirituality, Belief, Atheism, God, Hard Problem of Consciousness, Free Will, Neuroscience, Brain, Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Psychology, Eastern religions & no-self, Happiness Research, Philosophy of Time.
2021-03-03 01:12
The forebrain thinks it is liberated until the midbrain feels threatened by death Read More
2021-02-24 20:52
The years have piled up on me and through them I have at times been happy, have been sad, have suffered, have been calm. Over the years and as a lesson hard-won, looking at mind with i… Read More
2020-06-23 22:01
I found an interesting article at the Skeptic site, called The View from Nowhere or Somewhere? Maja Caron reviews a novel by Rebecca Goldstein, 36 Arguments for The Existence of God. (… Read More
2020-01-13 01:37
Tell me what time is. You cannot. The future does not exist, nor does the past. Nor, the present. You cannot live in the present. Snap your fingers and it is gone. By the time you say "now"… Read More
2019-12-08 03:57
In September 1906 a caged human being was put on display in the Bronx Zoo. A sign on the cage read:The African Pygmy, "Ota Benga."Age, 23 years. Height, 4 feet 11 inches.Weight, 103 pounds… Read More
2019-06-12 03:26
Whether You Think Free Will or Determinism, Belief Shapes BehaviorPopular wisdom has it that everybody will do right or wrong based on moral choice, and that moral choice is just―well… Read More
2019-05-07 02:52
Happiness and EvolutionWhen people are asked what they really want out of life most respond that they want to be happy. They may think more money, a better job, improved status, social… Read More
2019-04-21 15:45
"To society he's blind," said Ben's mother, "but that doesn't make him handicapped. He just can't see."She also said, "One thing that I truly get back from Ben being blind is that he truly s… Read More
2019-04-17 01:37
We Neglect Recluses At Our Peril: Proust, Thoreau, and St Jerome in The DesertIn his prolonged solitude Marcel Proust created a new aesthetic out of tea biscuits, stewed chicken, twinges of… Read More
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