by G.L. Breedon | May 14, 2013 | Philosophy, Religion, Science
There were a couple interesting articles this last week at io9 and at Slate addressing the question of whether or not Religion and Science and be reconciled. The explicit conclusion of the Slate article by physicist Sean Carroll is that they are not. The comments to...
by G.L. Breedon | Apr 18, 2013 | Art, Future, Ideas, Philosophy, Spirituality
I learned a few days ago that visionary architect Paolo Soleri passed away on April 10th at age 93. I’ve posted about Soleri before. I first encountered his ideas in 1979 while watching an episode of 60 minutes when I was ten years old. Shortly after that I came...
by G.L. Breedon | Nov 26, 2012 | Future, History, Ideas, Philosophy, Science
What Is Progress?: Or How to Tell a Hawk From a Handsaw – Part 2 (Continued from the previous post.) In order to talk about progress, development, growth, and sustainability, it is helpful to define the terms of the discussion. But before we can talk about...
by G.L. Breedon | Nov 21, 2012 | Ideas, Philosophy, Science
My wife and I were watching a very interesting documentary the other night called Surviving Progress. It’s a fascinating film about the effects of rapidly changing technology and culture on our societies and minds. One of the more frightening things the film...
by G.L. Breedon | Oct 22, 2012 | Philosophy, Spirituality
(Image: EnlightenNext) The day job is still keeping me too busy for regular blogging. Since it’s election season I thought it might fun to post a little something about worldviews. Below is a semi-essay I assembled in response to the notion that the nation not...
by G.L. Breedon | Jun 23, 2012 | Ideas, Philosophy, Science, Spirituality
Some of the things I’ve been reading lately got me thinking about aliens and spirituality. I know that sounds weird. I’ll explain. I read an article recently that suggest there may be far more planets around stars than previously assumed. More solid (i.e. earth-like)...
