Just an alcoholic is addicted to alcohol, society is addicted to fossil fuels. This metaphor isn’t new. Yet, what if we don’t just use it as a metaphor, but what …
More +Who are you? Part I
Elementary particles are bundles of potentiality. We as individuals are as bundled with potential as anything else in the universe. Undefinable and unanalyzable. None of us exist independent of our …
More +Does it matter where life comes from?
The current take on where life comes from is that simple organic molecules, which are themselves considered nonliving matter, form – when they get stuck together – in a particular …
More +What are we?
Once upon a time, stardust became a rocky planet. The Earth was born. Out of this stardust living creatures evolved. Eventually also humans. We are made of stardust. First it …
More +Interfering with the non-human?
We often talk about how humans destroy the planet. That due to us, the world and the non-human world will be destroyed. We think that we need to give the …
More +The answer to everything
Someone has to know the answer. We go to psychiatrists, psychologists, astrologers, gurus. We learn from religion and philosophy. We take yoga classes, craniosacral therapy, chant mantras and meditate. We …
More +Rational Arguments
We call an argument rational, if it is based on measures. We act rational if we use those arguments in order to fulfill a self-interest. Yet, most things can‘t be …
More +Make minds matter
Our mind is the basis of everything we experience. It‘s also the basis of our actions. Seems to make sense then to become familiar with our mind and train it, …
More +Is overpopulation the problem?
In Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, the conclusion is: We need less people. But do we really? There is research – and who knows if it‘s true – suggesting that people …
More +Is there an opposite to emergence?
The word emergence commonly expresses the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The opposite idea would be that the part is greater than the …
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