by Carl Howard | Apr 27, 2008 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Society
It’s very common for people to think the world is getting more violent. See some online examples here. Nothing could be more wrong: The best talk about this Pinker’s: violence has been steadily decreasing for the last few hundred years Surges like the the USA 60s...
by Carl Howard | Apr 21, 2008 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Science and Skepticism, Spirituality
Mysticism is typically associated with peace: Mother Teresa is considered the ultimate mystic/ascetic/saint in modern mythology (however this is bullshit). There are of course older archetypes like Francis of Assissi Mysticism is seen as a “more advanced” version of a...
by Carl Howard | Apr 5, 2008 | Blog Topics, History, Philosophy, Science and Skepticism
Sorry if you got this twice, I deleted this post accidentally being the moron that I am… When you ask [modern secular] people about Galileo’s trial (for his book promoting Copernican astronomy), here’s a common view: A case of science vs. religion Catholic Church as...
