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(Blog on… 023) NEVER MIND THE BRAIN

The mind is the result of jelly-like mass of tissue, weighing in at around 1.4 kilograms and containing a staggering one hundred billion nerve cells, or neurons. The brain, as we popularly call this device, is the first fully functional quantum computer on our planet…

(Blog on… 022) FAITH IN GOD = IGNORANCE?

Francis Collins is an American physician-geneticist, who led the much acclaimed Human Genome Project. Through his scientific work Collins became a Christian and authored the New York Times bestseller, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. John Polkinghorne was professor of Mathematical…

(Blog on…019) FROM BUDDHA TO EINSTEIN

Buddha taught nothing should be accepted on faith alone. To benefit from any kind of truth we must experience it and verify it directly. Aware experience, not thought, is the all-important essence in our search for truth. Clearly the Buddha was not a religious teacher,…

(Blog on… 018) GOD INTO THE 21ST CENTURY

A debate is taking place, internally and externally of religious institutions, introducing new interpretations, which can be argued scientifically. Traditional God is no longer omnipotent, but a more merciful, patient and understanding ruler, who allows for chance and human free will. This only makes sense,…

(Blog on… 017) EVOLUTION OF MORALITY

For many millennia it was believed that human consciousness is a blank sheet at birth. Today we know the human mind is born into earthly existence already knowing much about its physical and social roles. Gary Marcus, a professor, psychologist and author of several books…

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