Category: Dogmatism
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The weight of soul, the dogmatism of medicine...
Once upon a time, a physician conducted six experiments which showed that there is a stable loss of weight upon human death. The physician was Dr. Duncan "Om" MacDougall (c. 1866 – October 15, 1920). In March 1907, accounts of MacDougall's experiments were published in the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research and the medical journal…
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Matter, Materialism, Materialists vs. Logic
Some say everything is matter. But without knowing what "matter" is. Some say everything is matter. But without knowing what "everything" is. And when some day in the future we find out that our spirit is based on something else, then all we have to do is name this "something" matter... Does it matter anyway?
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Wrong maps? Yes! We use them all the time!!!
Take a look at the world maps we use all the time. Do you see something wrong about them? Look carefully... Imagine this: Brazil has an area of 8,514,877 km2. South America has an area of 17,840,000 km2. On the other hand Europe has an area of 10,180,000 km2 (including the part of Russia in the european continent), while Greenland…
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Atheists, Materialists - Can they have "enemies" ?
Can you have real enemies if you are an atheist-materialist? Could you ever consider a lifeless machine or a computer as an "enemy" ? How often do you quarrel with things? Because if you are a materialist, only "things" exist...
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Light speed & Scientific dogmatism
Scientific community is relieved that a new experiment shows neutrinos not moving faster than light, as previous experiments suggested [source]. Why would a scientist be “relieved” when hearing that an axiom (call me “constant speed of light”) is not proven wrong? What is that mysterious power underlying every axiom that makes us so keen into…
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