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(as recent a photo as I got. But a few months old, speaking, talking with my hands as usual, wanting to convey information as usual as well…it is what separates Continue Reading →
Author Archives: waz
My Worst Nightmare
By 2050, according to estimates derived from the 2008 census, there will be just under 90 million people 65 and older in the US, comprising about 20% of the population. Continue Reading →
Big “G” or Little “g” that is the question
Myself, and Tom Cara from the Chicago Chapter of the Freedom from Religion Foundation at the Secular Coalition for America (SCA) booth at the McHenry County Fair, Woodstock, IL on Continue Reading →
Mindfulness, Meditation, and Neuroscience: “Buddha’s Brain”
A short book review of the above. (13 chapters plus appendix, 234 pages, 196 references). From the Forward: “The authors have woven together Buddhist practices developed over two thousand years Continue Reading →
On Consciousness: A Human Conceptual Construction. Part 1 “The Self.”
A recent article from Science Alert asked the very pertinent question What Exactly is Consciousness: And Can We Replicate It?. OK, lets try and answer that question with what we Continue Reading →
On Science Denial, Where Does it Come From?
Just where does science denial come from? You guessed it: Religion. Name me one secular organization that denies climate change. Name me one secular organization that upholds old, pre-scientific, ideas Continue Reading →
Fake News, Fox News, Old News
Fox News has had a incredibly successful, profitable run appealing to the conservative, religious, mostly Republican element in this country, portraying themselves a the purveyors of “fair and balanced” reporting Continue Reading →
Conservatives: Slow to come around, always lose in the end
Despite the incredible push from Trump and his conservative religious cabinet and advisors: Bannon, DeVos, Sessions, Pruitt, Price, there is so much progress to report on so many fronts that Continue Reading →
Yes, Virginia, There is a method to science.
(I don’t expect y’all to watch this, but it is a perfect example which illustrates the point of this article). YouTube videos on how to fix your washing machine, car, Continue Reading →
Fake News, Confabulation, and the Worst of What East and West have to Offer
This is an essay without links to references. OK, I lied. There is one, and its about Trump’s most current list of lies. Well, actually there’s 3. There, I lied Continue Reading →