by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 19, 2014 | Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
I would say we should step into the shoes of a (hypothetical?) extra-terrestrial to know how they might feel about us humans. But we don’t know if they have shoes, or feet, or perhaps even feelings in the same sense we do. So let’s play Star Trek. What...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | May 20, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Science & Pseudoscience, Technology & Futurism
Starting with the scientific methods and ending on the education process, this excellent TED Talk takes us forward past ubiquitous knowledge and the prejudices of what we already know, into asking the right questions and driving focus onto what we don’t...
by Barry Fagin | May 5, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Science & Pseudoscience, Technology & Futurism
{Published in t he Colorado Springs Gazette, June 27, 2012} As “prayer warriors” gather to pray for rain, for a miracle, or just for the safety of the firefighters, might I suggest that we give reason her due? After all, which is doing a better job, right here and...
by Barry Fagin | Apr 21, 2014 | Science & Pseudoscience, Technology & Futurism
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette as “Some day man should master Mother Nature”, June 20, 2013} As we grieve for all that we have lost during the fire, I urge all of us to come together as a community and rededicate ourselves to the study of the...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Feb 18, 2014 | Science & Pseudoscience, Technology & Futurism
This Tuesday we bring you a video presentation on … well … mechanical androids. No, this isn’t [[Steampunk]] fantasy, but the achievement of the men of the Enlightenment with nothing but gears and cogs. Watch it HERE. Related articles The Writer:...
by Barry Fagin | Jan 27, 2014 | Science & Pseudoscience
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, February 7, 2013} Next week, the scientific community will mark the two hundred and fourth anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth. According to its website, Darwin Day 2013 will be “an international celebration of science and...
