We can read, in the Neuroscience of Free Will article on Wikipedia the following paragraph: “A person’s brain seems to commit to certain decisions before the person becomes aware of having made them. Early studies found delays of about half a second, but with contemporary brain scanning technology scientists in 2008 were able to predict [...]
Sometimes I wonder, what pushes us to read magazines? I mean, maybe “reading” is an overstatement, considering that we don’t really READ: when we sit somewhere and take any newspaper or publication, we often turn the pages very fast, without really paying attention to the little characters and written messages. So, why do we grab [...]
On November 18, the world celebrated the International Day for Philosophy. What about our country? A huge, embarrassed, silence. Well, this was probably partly due to the Eid celebrations, but still: in previous years, this landmark event has often been ignored. The overlapping with the Eid days did not allow us to have an event [...]
Are you satisfied with a life in a tiny confined comfort zone or are you always ready to meet the infinite depths of what is unknown? Only a goldfish lives in a fishbowl and only a whale enjoys an immense ocean. Are you satisfied by what they tell you on TV or are you seeking [...]
[Continuing the article started in November 2010] In fact, it is not enough to mention the relation of the Ankh to the “eternal life”, because everything would then depend on what is meant by that. If we follow again the explanation of modern Egyptology, we will be told that our ancestors were looking for a [...]
