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Grindblindness: Given habituation, how do you keep the spark alive?
Minds notice differences. When things stay the same, minds tune out by a process psychologists call habituation. Physical pain...
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Concluding Thought: On Convictions, Persuasion, and Sharing
After running continuously for more than two years, this will be the last installment of Polydoxy. Look for V.V....
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Sundry Musings on the New Millennium’s Transatlantic Dialogue – Part I
At the turn of the new millennium I joined the online dialogue and debate on “The Future of the...
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Entropic Melodies: Life in Lifelessness
Artist’s Statement My imaging philosophy is very simple. I strive to record the subtle, interconnected web of energy that...
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Intimacy: With Them or With Your Truth?
1. A friend of mine once sought a teaching position at a somewhat New Age spiritual college. He‘s a...
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Christianity and Europe: Tony Blair’s View at Yale University – Part III
Continued from Christianity and Europe: Tony Blair’s View at Yale University – Part II The 25 students who took...
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Retaliation Self-Efficacy: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Move Slowly
One day when I was young and working as head of public affairs for a big, publicly traded, environmentally...
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Reaction of Working Scientists to Postmodernist Criticisms
A number of philosophers of science have reacted to postmodernism in forceful ways. Most of these are people who...
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H+: Ship of Fools: Why Transhumanism is the Best Bet to Prevent the Extinction of Civilization
Transhumanism does not say we will create posthumans, rather, it makes a moral claim: We ought to create posthumans....
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H+: From Mind Loading to Mind Cloning: Gene to Meme to Beme: A Perspective on the Nature of Humanity
Cybernetics may very well offer a means for expanding the human being.
