“Know thyself”
Plato
A recent article in the Economist discusses the results of a study in Neuroeconomics, a field which focuses on humans biological motivations as opposed to the “pure” financial motivation defined by classical economics. In this study at least, money isn’t everything.
The study involved multiple games with 2 male players, wherein an amount of money [...]
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Who pulls your strings?
Posted in Philosophy on July 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Religion vs. Modern Spiritualism
Posted in Philosophy on May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Thou art God”
Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
Theistic religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) envision God as an anthropomorphic entity, distinct from humanity as well as from the universe which God created. Modern Spiritualism defines the entire universe as god. There is no separation between ourselves and the universe – we are all interconnected – [...]
What’s it all about?
Posted in Philosophy on May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“What’s it all about, Alfie?”
Burt Bacharach
Why are we here, why do we exist?
If life has any purpose, and if the history of the universe as we currently understand it has any lesson, it is that we are here to evolve and grow, both mentally and emotionally, and that our current existence is but one step [...]
