Free Will is the ability to choose between alternative actions. It needs the identification of the choices, through instinct or thought. Do self-awareness and Free Will go hand-in-hand? Is it…
Category: Philosophy Viewpoints
What is Art?
What is happening when my brain converts the sound vibrations of a Mozart sonata or Maria Callas aria into electrical signals and experiences them? Why does it generate a nice…
Fallout: Under what conditions would I remain ‘me’? Part I – India
If I was transported in a flash from my nice 4 bedroom home and senior job to a hut and menial lowly paid work or to a nomadic life somewhere…
Fallout: Has Homo sapiens become an infestation of the Earth?
A recent Whatsapp conversation was very illustrative. Here I could catch insensitivity, hyper-sensitivity, self-importance, egotism, jingoism, prejudice, bigotry, intolerance, lack of self-control, labelling, generalisation, presumption, assumption and confusion. I am…
Philosophy of The Life Instinct: Chapter 8.4 Free Will
Free Will is the ability to choose between alternative actions. It needs the identification of the choices, through instinct or thought. Do self-awareness and Free Will go hand-in-hand? Is it…
The Quality of Small Things
I get a thrill of pleasure, an upswell of respect, a feeling of connection with kindred souls, a renewal of faith in humanity when I see Perfect grouting between tiles…
Science Needs Faith Too
I was struggling with a set of intractable problems in science. Action at a distance, probability and free will have all troubled me for a long time. A few days…
When We Find Aliens
Let’s say our search for signs of extra-terrestrial life finds something this year. What would be the effect on humanity? There are many first-contact type movies, but I am wondering…
Fallout: Equilibrium on Earth
One day… The population will be stable. Everyone will have housing, clothing, food, water, electricity and recreational facilities. People will strive to improve their lives but not so much…
Rise of the Planet of the eUmans
Homo sapiens sapiens has evolved into a new sub-species, Homo sapiens electronis, commonly known as eUmans. We humans need to understand the eUmans of eLand to live with them peacefully…