The physicist David Deutsch. I learn something each time I listen to this guy-its ridiculous. His writings and presentations really exemplify and explicate the SSP-Secular Scientific Perspective, especially with regards Continue Reading →
Two weeks ago I submitted a full-blown 25 page, 13,000 word book proposal on “The Obsolescence of Religious Thought” (TORT), to a book agent that publishes religious titles. Previously, since Continue Reading →
It is time to replace the pervasive “things are always getting worse” outlook that frets that “temptation and sin are always lurking around the corner” or that “disaster is but Continue Reading →
I am an unabashed scientismist. Scientism is often derogatorally described as an overuse, over confidence in science, and an arrogant refusal to see there are other “ways of knowing” usually Continue Reading →
8 classes, house projects, a bit of travel, WRITING A CHAPTER for an edited volume to be published hopefully it the next year or so, and squeezing in minimal research Continue Reading →
Well, here’s the YouTube channel banner graphics I just received yesterday. A take-off on the Apollo 8 photo (still copyrighted, I believe), that says what I want to express at Continue Reading →
Some folks, how ’bout most folks, just don’t like the idea of materialism. “There must be something more”, many feel, and it is non-material, made of the spirit, in the Continue Reading →
We are a recalcitrant species. Stubbornness, when manifested as stick-to-it-iveness, is a hallmark of our very human tenacity and cleverness to adapt to almost any environment on earth. In the Continue Reading →
(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 →
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 →
