Introduction

Introduction

What is it, this life that we are presented with? Human history has brought us from bands roaming, hunting, each day guided by mere survival, through villages and great empires of mortar and steel.…
Cool Thought Experiments II: Ship of Theseus

Cool Thought Experiments II: Ship of Theseus

Throughout history, scientists, philosophers, mathematicians and PhD students lacking funding for actual research have turned to the thought experiment in hopes of discovering something publishable,…
Food Or Energy?  The Biofuel Food Crisis Debate

Food Or Energy? The Biofuel Food Crisis Debate

Taking up valuable land and growing edible crops for biofuels poses a dilemma: Is it ethical to produce inefficient renewable energies at the expense of an already malnourished population? David…
God and Government

God and Government

Conservatives "cling to their guns and god" and Liberals cling to their "good will" and government The further a culture moves from its religion the closer it moves to its government. Humans…
The New Religion of Emergent Properties

The New Religion of Emergent Properties

Salon has an interview with Stuart Kauffman, a biologist who has written multiple fascinating books about complex systems. Kauffman has a new book, Reinventing the Sacred, in which he argues that we…