Metanexus: Views 2003.03.31. 3375 words The earliest religions, remarks today’s columnist Peter Russell, probablydate back to the time when human beings became aware that they were aware,and recognized that other people were aware. It was then only a small stepto suppose that other creatures were also aware. Looking into the eyes of abear or a…
Thresholds of Emergent Complexity as a Map to the Modern University.
Let’s look at an example of how science understands sacred scripture by taking a closer look at historical criticism of the New Testament.
It is now known all across the country and all over the world: The Board of Education in the State of Kansasdecided, on the basis of a vote of 6 to 4, that the children in that state ought not to be taught the theory of evolution, nor Genesis according to Big Bang. The board…
Preface In 1991, I was happily living as a Professor of Philosophy at King’s College in the University of London when, out of the blue, I received a letter from the office of the Prime Minister, in an official envelope cunningly concealed inside a plain envelope, telling me that the Regius Chair of Divinity at…
Transhumanists assume that progress is inherent in nature and culture. The direction is set; the task of transhumanist technology is to increase the speed forward.