There is a growing number of physicists, astrophysicists, and others, both scientists and laypersons, who believe in the existence of multiverses – the view that,
Category: Act I: Philosophical Misadventures
The Primary Failure of Modern Education
There are many criticisms that can be made of the present system of Western education, which, in both its form and objectives, has been greatly
The Cloud Cuckoo Land of False Ideas
The cuckoo, as is well known, is a devious, shifty, and indolent bird that lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, while pushing
Does Dark Matter Really Exist?
Human beings often confound, confuse, and mislead themselves by assuming naively that, in order to be true, a law, principle, or theory must be universally
The Fallacy of Round Numbers
Although we humans are able to speak and write glibly of large numbers, numbers that greatly exceed the capacity of other organisms to comprehend, the
The Colossal Cartesian Blunder
The French philosopher René Descartes is held in high esteem for a number of reasons. One reason is that he made a number of important