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When discussing some issues I've been having someone suggested that I 'seek help' from a professional psychologist/psychiatrist. This was said in a caring way, not a mean way. I did however disregard the suggestion out of my contempt of the traditional study of psychology. I don't really know...

http://www.vice.com/read/john-gray-freedom Interesting read. Inteview with John Gray, British philosopher.

Something funny and thought provoking happened yesterday. While at a routine doctor's visit my doctor asked me if I had received the flu shot, I had not. I never get them, for reasons that really are not important to the story. Anyways he didn't push the issue rather just simply said he had...

So I guess I've always held some pretty 'fringe' beliefs compared to mainstream academic/science. It seems as if the environment for such things is becoming more hostile to such positions. I sometimes wonder if it's just orthodoxy desperately attempting to cling on to what makes them feel...

http://disinfo.com/2014/11/universe-became-something-nothing-interview-lawrence-krauss/ So apparently the beady eyed wonder has found the magic formula to destroy religion within one generation! I know I am totally biased but it seems as if the New Atheists are getting desperate...

This is for you all who have seen this movie. I am curious to get your opinions on it. I thought the film was well made but there was something about it that made me feel...strange and unsettled. I think my issue, and this is based on my own prejudices, was how the scientist characters were...

http://www.acceler8or.com/2012/11/the-great-consciousness-swindle-why-philosophers-will-never-find-consciousness-and-why-they-secretly-dont-want-to/ This article is pretty old, well 2012 old....apologies if it has been posted already. Someone sent it to me believing it was something...

I was having dinner with my parents and the topic drifted to esoteric matters...fairly unusual for us. My parents are lapse Catholics but are spiritual people though not as much into the study of such matters like myself. Anyways this experiance happened to my father maybe fifteen years ago or...

http://io9.com/the-radical-plan-to-eliminate-earths-predatory-species-1613342963?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow This project aims to eliminate suffering in nature through environmental engineering. This article struck me as...weird. I felt...