Tag: modern civilization
-
Elvis vs. Jesus. An unexpected result. The burger.
Scientists tried to measure who is more "popular" by using a pagerank algorithm for pages in the Internet related to various famous persons. (1) Jesus was 1st. Elvist was 69th. Descartes was 82nd. For me, this is a highly disturbing result. The more popular an idea, the less value it has. The ideas of Jesus…
-
Nothing metaphysical. Just... nothing!
The religious find strength through God; this we know. But a new study conducted by Prof. Malt Friese and Michaela Wanke suggests that even non-believers can get in on the action. In a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, they present evidence showing how and why prayer might increase anyone’s ability to…
-
"Science". What does it mean?
While the Oxford University Press honored "selfies" as its 2013 Word of the Year, celebrating those quickly snapped self-portraits, Merriam-Webster is taking a more academic approach to its annual linguistic spotlight. The dictionary has declared "science" its 2013 Word of the Year. The honor is based on increased interest as measured by the number of…
-
Modern times, mass culture, Game of Thrones...
The writer of the famous Game of Thrones admits that he does not know how or when his series of novels will end. (1) He knows which characters will die but surely does not have the faintest clue on what he wants to actually say with the story! (2) What a great distance from what…
-
Children, rocks, autism, death, civilization...
Autism may be detectable in baby’s first months of life. (1) And there is recently a debate on whether children should have the right to die. (2) If you ask me, I believe we actually want US to get the right to KILL our children. And why not after all? Doesn't science tells us that we…
You must be logged in to post a comment.