Tag: dogmatism
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First Cause vs. String Theory, M-Theory 1-0
People look at modern scientific theories like the String Theory of the Membrane Theory (M-Theory) and call them "elegant". They praise Science for having these "excellent" examples of innovative thinking and look upon the scientists who first formulated them. But how blind can a person be? How can you look at theories demanding 11 dimensions…
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Against alternative medicine... But why?
Many times we read articles about doctors critisizing "alternative medicine". However what we do not understand is that the very characterization of a practice as "alternative" automatically places it in this special place in our brain where we have put all the things which are interesting but "wrong". Why would you say that something, anything,…
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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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