by Ken JP Stuczynski | Nov 22, 2012 | Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
The dinner table is set.  Will it be a feast of family-ness or an ideological battleground?  Does the microcosm of the home really have to mimic the dysfunction of the macrocosm of society?  Here’s my take and some tips on making the best, instead of the worst...
by Barry Fagin | Jan 6, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Religion & Spirituality
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, May 25, 2011} Itâs been a good news cycle for critical thinkers. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and over the past few weeks we’ve been blessed with three of them: 1) The world will end on May...
by Barry Fagin | Feb 24, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, August 17, 2011} Next week marks a watershed in the public life of Colorado Springs. Our town may be known for its more vocal citizensâ emphasis on unquestioning belief, but some of us are trying to change that. Next...
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 Ken JP Stuczynski | Oct 28, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Society & Culture
Vending machines for collectible Human DNA specimens? This somewhat bizarre TED Talk has more profound implications than it realizes, important unasked questions, ones the fill an unusual space between issues of privacy, choice, and patents. Do we own our own voice?...