What C. Hitchens taught me against his will.
The stronger rational emergencies become, the more they support faith as an emergency of rationalization. Go to the east to come to the west. Continue Reading
Science
Political brane topology
Humans should be understood as quantum entities at last. Continue Reading
Another breakdown of the welfare state concept
Covid crisis handling proved welfare state to fail and to downgrade civil society’s ability to protect itself from future black swan events. Continue Reading
Arts vs. Culture and Science vs. Technology
Each and every human being is a part of several different cultural submarkets, but not necessary to any of arts markets. Continue Reading
The study of memes is circular
Memes were introduced by Richard Dawkins[1] (as second replicators alongside genes. Further studies on memetics by Blackmore[2], Dennett[3], Distin[4], Aunger[5], Gaboraga[6] or Schlaile[7] often (but not always) used genetic terminology/concepts to clarify the ontology and phenomenology of memes. Such an… Continue Reading
General Education
As nothing like general public exists so there is nothing like general education. Continue Reading
Reductionism as religion
If for every system there is an element that does not belong to the system, but at the same time the system does not exist without that element, then the hope of reductionism is moot. There are many other ways… Continue Reading
Responsibility vs. democracy
Responsibility does not come with equality. Continue Reading
Kitchen logic 2: Addiction is constitutional for humans
Addiction to social media is as much a threat as addiction to family. Continue Reading
Limitations of science; argument for dualism
In today’s society, science tends to be the only proper heuristic method of explaining reality. If a particular assertion cannot be falsified, then the object of that assertion cannot be proven to exist. According to this view, there is only… Continue Reading