Tag: knowledge
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Zombie cells… Castles in the sand…
Zombie cells are the ones that can't die but are equally unable to perform the functions of a normal cell. These zombie, or senescent, cells are implicated in a number of age-related diseases. Researchers have now expanded that list. (1) Zombie cells. Not like the other cells. Because the other cells sustain life. But we…
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Learning the foundations…
Contrary to widely-held opinion, taking high school calculus isn't necessary for success later in college calculus - what's more important is mastering the prerequisites, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry - that lead to calculus. That's according to a study of more than 6,000 college freshmen at 133 colleges. (1) Great line of reasoning. Except that we…
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"Our theoretical understanding"...
"Improvements of our theoretical understanding of the material world..." This is the beginning of a phD thesis in a big university in the US. (Princeton, ProQuest number 22587372) Funny. We started from a real knowledge of the cosmos. By living in it. Then we moved on to understanding it. While standing aside. We seek knowledge.…
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The problem of problems…
The problem with solving problems. You are always changing your view on the problem as time passes by. So much that sometimes you do not realize that you have solved the problem. (1) We spend all our lives in solving problems. At work. At our personal relationships. Everywhere. But why try to solve problems in…
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Is Christianity against knowledge? (Yes and No!)
Many have wandered whether religion and Christianity in particular is against knowledge. Not because of it being related to the "dark" Middle Ages (a story which has been discredited a long time ago by Harmonia Philosophica; read the relevant article "Middle Ages - An enlightened era") but because of the famous story of God forbidding…
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