Israel, a controversial country, depends on your position. However it is undeniable how quickly and rapidly it has progressed. Founded in only 1950, as a small country, no natural resources and hostile countries all around and few allies, it is really an amazing feat that Israel is now one of the top economies in the … More Israel, a warring nation
In the beginning of warfare people used mostly swords to fight their enemies. Some civilizations developed archery and later the invention of a cannon and guns. These day people have made great changes to their inventions to help them fight their enemies. The evolution of the sword is a good example. They used to play … More Post I find interesting
It is no question that in a war, the side with the better technology has the huge advantage. It would not be the smartest thing to let the enemy in on your technological secrets. However in today’s modern world, where information spreads like wildfire, keeping a scientific breakthrough from spreading to the rest of the … More Who owns science? – Some thoughts
Science and the Bible: Creation and Evolution What was the influence of the interpretation of the Garden of Eden story as ‘The Fall’ on the early development of European science? Upon the arrival of the Enlightenment and the early thinkers in the newly developing European science, many realized the parameters of the human mind. These … More Post I found interesting
Remind me of when America was so great was it when business was booming with the imported slave trade because this gave way to keep crops maintained without a pay raise was it when we stole all these resources if success is measured in excess which it, of course, is then point me to the […] … More Posts I find interesting
Body Augmentation is something that is new but we’re definitely paying it more attention. Where to from here? via Body Augmentation and the Future. — informau.com
So I was on the internet and stumbled this very educational text post written by Jacob VanWagoner on Quora. His account: https://www.quora.com/profile/Jacob-VanWagoner The original post: https://www.quora.com/Does-war-actually-make-the-technology-and-science-advance-faster For your reading convenience, I copied the whole answer here, but I stress that I did not write a single word of this. “Yes, depending on the needs of the war. … More Does war actually make the technology and science advance faster?
Is it true, as said, that ‘science is never right’?† Then is there something that goes beyond the fact of the ‘scientific facts’, calling into question their propriety, which might also call into question scientific findings in fields of study ranging from medicine and psychology to economics and climatology? Does it mean that there is […] … More Is science never right? — Philosophy Alive
(this essay was originally published in the Fall, 2014 issue of the Concho River Review. Since it is no longer available for purchase, I will post the essay here) when you kill another honor him with your tears when the battle is won treat it as a wake —Tao Te Ching 31, tr. Red Pine […] … More
The winner for strangest environmental concept this week goes to the biodegradable bullet. I have seen this news story all over and I’m not sure how I feel about this idea. I am not really pro-gun in any sense. I concede that for people in rural areas, who may hunt or need to scare off […] … More More Biodegradable Bullets
Science and War 