The FQXi Contest for 2018 is underway, with 166 essays attempting to answer the essay question – “What is Fundamental?” My contribution is titled “ Faith is Fundamental”. As a reminder, the Foundational Questions Institute is an elite collection of cosmologists and physicists, led by Max Tegmark of MIT, Anthony Aguirre of UCSC and a […]
The Emperors Have No Clothes | PEP Talk
Too many world leaders today do not seem to care about telling the truth. In this edition of PEP Talks, I suggest we call out the lies, like the child in the Hans Christian Andersen story who said, simply, “The emperor hasn’t got anything on!” By telling the truth we can expose these leaders as the […]
Banner Year for Spiral Inquiry in 2017!
Yes, it was a banner year for Spiral Inquiry in 2017. Of course, it’s been the only year so far (we launched in May). I’ve really enjoyed working on so many different ideas and engaging with such a wide variety of interesting people this year. I expect 2018 to be even more challenging and rewarding! […]
Finding Truth in a Tumultuous World | Hope for 2018
This Christmas, our grandchildren wrote and performed a play for the family, “Finding Your True Story”, which they had created, in the few days before, with our help. It featured a complex story line, thanks to the imagination of our granddaughter CQ (9). Grandson OPN (8) made sure there was plenty of action. Baby JL […]
What is Wrong with Science?
Science has been losing its mojo. Two generations ago, scientists were revered as truth tellers and bringers of progress. Today, science is often viewed as fallible, obscure and, in some cases, untrustworthy. Many factors are blamed for the falling star of science including failures in science education, religious superstition and broader social changes. Yet much […]
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