by Barry Fagin | Jun 24, 2012 | Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 5-1-08} Things are calm in Colorado Springs, but we’re in the eye of a hurricane. Next week will end a “Perfect Storm” of events at the intersection of religion, art, and public life. Last Friday saw the release of...
by Barry Fagin | Jun 11, 2012 | Education, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 4-18-08} No doubt about it, intelligent design theory belongs in the classroom. It belongs in psychology class, studied as a social phenomenon of how some people react when their beliefs contradict reality. It belongs in...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 8, 2012 | Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
This Friday Follow-up is regarding yesterday’s article and video, “Our Cyborg Future” and asks the question if we are becoming a very different species, as quickly as a couple generations.
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jun 7, 2012 | Philosophy & Ethics, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture, Technology & Futurism
I’d say this is an upcoming yet fringe topic. And then I’d recall all the hours I played Deus Ex. Then I’d recall the movie I starred in that dealt with a post-net future with cyborgs and non-cyborgs trying to find their collective peace in building...
by Barry Fagin | Jun 4, 2012 | Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
{Colorado Springs Gazette, May 31st 2012} Why do smart people believe dumb things? Why do bad ideas from Playboy Bunnies breed like rabbits? Dr Luc Montagnier, the co-discoverer of HIV, won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine. I’d say that means he’s a pretty smart guy....
by Barry Fagin | Apr 23, 2012 | Philosophy & Ethics, Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, 2-7-08} Yesterday, I had the privilege of participating in a panel discussion at The Classical Academy. Below are excerpts from my opening remarks. I am here to defend rationalism. As a rationalist, I value reason and...