Tag: science
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Doctors of Education
Doctor comes from Latin verb docēre and means ‘to teach’. In Dutch a teacher is called a ‘docent’. Doctors of education should be paid as much as doctors of medicine. Doctors of child medicine are just as important if not more important than doctors for adults. I want to bring more science into education, doctors…
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Cake is the answer to life the universe and everything
Science and religion are glorified cooking. Speaking to a friend of mine, who is following the teachings of a Lama, he described to me how one one of the fundamental principles of Buddhism is repeatability. In many of the Buddhist teachings such as searching for the ego that they say isn’t there, the point is…
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A human equation
If you educate the senses of any child with an equal waiting of science, art & music you will produce fine and decent human beings.
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Scientific observers, shepherds and messiahs
There’s a thread running through these all. A messiah is a shepherd A programming language shepherds you in a direction People become very religious about programming languages Shepherds observe their sheep, they observe them objectively Teachers observe their pupils Maria Montessori spoke that teachers should be scientific observers There’s something here, some connection. Teachers aren’t…
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Jesus for atheists
I guess this is not much more than a review of Leo Tolstoy’s book ‘A Confession’ and his other books on religion. I’ve been an atheist as long as I felt that the words in the Lord’s Prayer were ridiculous. I believe the Bible is a work of fiction like any other book that talks…
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Philosophy for the love of it
I’m going to post my thoughts here. “Shitty philosophy” seems like the best description of what I do. I’m an amateur philosopher, in the sense that I do it for the love of it. I search for the border between religion and science. I also swear lots, so might as well get you prepared for…
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