Tag: Science
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Sadhguru and the Politics of Spirituality
If you listen to Sadhguru enough times – as I have – you come away with the impression that spirituality is the only sensible alternative to the regressive and old-fashioned belief in religion. Religions, and in Sadhguru’s view, Abrahamic religions in particular – with all their notions of a traditional creator-god, scriptural morality, and heaven…
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The Mystery of Consiousness
Philosopher & Physician Raymond Tallis in conversation with Saad Ismail on the intellectual diseases of ‘Neuromania’ and ‘Darwinitis’, on the insufficiency of naturalism in explaining consiousness, on humanism & anti-humanists, on God & transcendence, on the soul & afterlife, and on straddling multiple intellectual identities.
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Why We Work
“What do you do?” This much-bandied about string of words can be a polite greeting, a conversation-starter, and a way of getting to know a stranger. As such, the phrase lends itself to many interesting and meaningful conversations. In more common usage, however, it remains no more than a perfunctory formality at best, and a…
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