Category: Journal
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Climate emergency: no soup for you.
Recently I became angry watching a news report about a group of ‘kids’ who allegedly threw tomato soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting at the National Gallery in London. That is just vandalism, I thought. And although I am super duper sympathetic to the cause of raising awareness of the climate emergency….defacing precious art is…
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Physics: Things are getting reassuringly weird.
In this short article, cognitive scientist and author Donald Hoffman reminds us that right now physicists are questioning the very existence of our fundamental subjective experiences of space and time.The big question is: What lies beyond? Hoffman argues that the problem in answering this question lies in the fact that we have evolved to possess…
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NASA forms panel to look at UFO sightings.
This week, the media is reporting on the formation of a 16-member panel convened by NASA to examine instances of unidentified areal phenomena collected from civilian government and commercial sectors. NASA said its panel would spend nine months devising its strategy for how to organise and study sightings before recommending “a road map of potential…
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Poll: New Logo?
One quick question. Im in a bit of a writing slump at the moment. So whilst I am waiting for my creative muse to re-engage, I am thinking of changing out my logo. A fresh change is as good as a holiday right?I would greatly appreciate your input. New: Existing: What do you think. Keep…
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Peace upon me.
Be peace one second at a time. Eric Overby I’m out having a coffee and rocking my favourite peace tee today. Have you ever wondered how it was that symbol came to be?Well let my whip out my smartphone and Google it for you…. But first, better take a selfie of me striking a completely…
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Replacing car keys is a total RIP OFF!
My mum needs to replace her car key.Actually, the key is fine, but the plastic housing that includes the buttons to open the boot and lock/unlock the doors have degraded to the point where the whole catastrophe is now held together with a lick and a promise and a thick rubber band. The cost of…
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Four simple questions.
In this first of a series of videos, four simple questions are asked to Prof Karl John Friston, Science Director of the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging at University College London and Lisa Cairns, a non-duality teacher. The four questions: Their conversation ranges across awakening experiences, dyslexia, autism, hallucinogens, free energy principle, big and little…
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There is no snooze button on the doomsday clock.
Midnight.This worldtips over. Last night I read that Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has had its power cut for the second time this week, leaving it to rely on backup diesel generators (they have 10 days of fuel) to prevent any nuclear catastrophe. The plant is currently surrounded by Russian forces, whilst Putin continues to…
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Essay: who is it that experiences?
In this short essay, Dr Graham Stew probes the origins of all those thoughts, sensations and perceptions that constitute the lived fabric of our day to day reality. The tool he uses is Phenomenology, a branch of philosophy concerned with methodically exploring our inner subjective world via introspection. Right now, I am conscious of a…
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