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The Universe Is Alive
Science cannot function and advance without two premises, both of which are essential to the scientific enterprise, but adverse to life and right living: dualism and reductionism. The ultimate example...
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A Theory of Life’s Origins
The greatest unanswered question of biology is still the first one: How did life begin on earth? A corollary of this question is: How common is life in the universe? We are living at a very exciting...
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Unspooky Action at a Distance
To a philosopher, a statement like the following is a gold mine: “According to quantum mechanics, particles do not take on formal properties until they are measured or observed in some way. Until then,...
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A New Foundation for Human Relationship?
When cultures were intact and geographically distinct, human relationship was defined in terms of cohesive tradition, group identification, and shared language and custom. Now the world over,...
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Idea or Insight?
I’ve encountered many highly educated people who cannot tell the difference between an idea and an insight. To my mind, there is no more important distinction that a human being can make. So what is...
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The New Apeiron, Same As the Old Apeiron
To most Americans, metaphysics, if they give any thought to the subject at all, appears as it did to the first pragmatist philosopher, William James: “As in the night all cats are gray, so in the...
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Big Freeze or Big Squeeze?
Less than a generation ago, astronomers discovered that the universe is expanding at an ever-accelerating rate. “Something is pouring energy into the universe,” they said, “causing it to accelerate.”...
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