Change the World

Monday, September 30, 2013

There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new order of things.
Whenever his enemies have the ability to attack the innovator they do so with the passion of partisans, while the others defend him sluggishly, so that the innovator and his party alike are vulnerable.

(Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince)

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Give us one free miracle and we'll explain the rest

The most common belief is that all the laws of nature were completely fixed at the moment of the Big-Bang. As Terence McKenna pointed out, modern science is based on the principle "Give us one free miracle and we'll explain the rest". The one free miracle is the appearance of all the matter and energy in the universe and all the laws that govern it from nothing, in a single instant.

Controversy about dogmatic position of science regarding Consciousness

This talk given by Rupert Sheldrake at TEDx Whitechapel in London on 12th January 2013 on challenging existing paradigms, particularly with regard to the role of consciousness, has been banned from the official TEDx site.

(original YouTube video)

The decision to ban this TEDx talk has caused a lively debate on the internet about how dogmatic mainstream science actually is. Learn more about this controversy from the following subsequent interview with Rupert Sheldrake on www.Skeptiko.com.