The simulation hypothesis proposes that all of reality (including human society, the Earth and all the goings-on in the rest of the universe) is, in fact, an artificial simulation – that everything is part of […]
Rohan Roberts | 9th Feb 2016 In the last few years there have been three fascinating books (among others) about Nothing. The Mystery of Existence: Why is There Anything at all by John Leslie; A […]
A few years ago I took a group of Astronomy students to the planetarium in the Sharjah University. After the show the students had lots of questions for the astrophysicist in charge of the Planetarium: […]
It is now widely accepted that the fundamental unit of hereditary is not the species, or the tribe, or even the individual. It is, in fact, the gene. Oxford biologist, Richard Dawkins, elaborated on this […]
Emanuel Kant, the great humanist philosopher of the 18th century, and torch bearer of The Enlightenment in Western Europe outlined his view of peace among states in his essay, Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch. Among […]
Only a few years ago, the idea of extra dimensions inhabited a nebulous region somewhere between physics and science fiction. We are all aware of the three dimensions of space and the extra fourth dimension […]
Over the millennia, numerous feasts, sacrifices, and wild orgies have been associated with worship of the moon. We’ve built temples and ziggurats, altars and pagodas, artefacts and ornaments in honour of the moon. The latest […]
Much has been written about the existence of aliens. The number of books on the subject is numerous. Claims of abductions and encounters of the third and fourth kind have reached such alarming proportions that […]
Does beauty truly lie in the eye of the beholder? Do the objects of the universe have an inherent beauty that lies beyond the need for human apprehension? To what extent are we genetically predisposed […]
Scurrying on the hamster-wheel of life for the most part of our existence has left us with no time to wonder. We are so overwhelmed by the pressures of our corporate ways and consumerist […]
Altruism is the unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others. To distinguish it from mere helpfulness, some would go further and say that it is not merely being helpful; it is helpfulness […]
Keats was your quintessential Romantic poet with his simpering stanzas and constant baaing and mooing on the pastures of English literature. What marked Keats was the anti-intellectualism that plagued his writing. Rational thought and scientific […]
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