The Burj Dubai and architecture's vacant stare One of the odder, more complicated moments in the history of architectural symbolism will arrive Monday with the formal opening of the Burj Dubai skyscraper. At about 2,600 feet high -- the official figure is still being kept secret by developer Emaar Properties -- and 160 stories, the tower, [...]
OBJECTION TO PREMISE 1 OF THE KALAM: DOESN’T QUANTUM MECHANICS VIOLATE THE CAUSAL PRINCIPLE? It depends on what you mean by causality. A philosophically-informed physicist would say Quantum Mechanics (QM) doesn’t do away with causality: “In fact, QFT[Quantum Field Theory] is constructed in such a way to explicitly preserve causality. Any QFT textbook devotes 10 [...]
Cosmology: Tradition and Modern Understandings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8g1M1rKuN8&feature=youtu.be "A Dialogue on the Question of Cosmology: Traditional and Modern Understandings" This panel discussion happened between Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Dr. Bruno Guiderdoni on December 22, 2019 at the Reviving the Islamic Spirit 2019 Convention in Toronto, Canada. Link collected : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8g1M1rKuN8&feature=youtu.be
Muhammad in the Bible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R2Of5eu1FM&feature=youtu.be Muhammad in the Bible - Debate Zakir Hussain & Samuel Green Dublin 2013. Thank you Zakir for the debate. You presented a clear 4 point argument that helped me to understand the Islamic position better and clarify my own theology. Regards Samuel Green Link collected : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R2Of5eu1FM&feature=youtu.be
The Relentless Hypocrisy Of James Randi By Michael Goodspeed [email protected] 3-31-4 Everyone knows there's no such thing as Magic - at least no REAL Magic. According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Magic is: "The practice of using charms, spells, or rituals to attempt to produce supernatural effects or control events in [...]
Western Scholars Play Key Role In Touting 'Science' of the Quran By Daniel Golden Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2002 12:01 am ET Joe Leigh Simpson, chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, is a church-going Presbyterian. But thanks to a few conferences he attended back in the [...]
What Doctors Don’t Know about the Drugs They Prescribe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RKmxL8VYy0M When a new drug gets tested, the results of the trials should be published for the rest of the medical world -- except much of the time, negative or inconclusive findings go unreported, leaving doctors and researchers in the dark. In this [...]
Psychosynthesis: A Systems Psychology? My study of psychosynthesis over the last 30 years ago has shaped the philosophical foundation of my life. When I encountered systems thinking (also known as General Systems Theory or GST) ten years ago, I welcomed this scientifically based explanation for understandings I already held. I rejoiced in how perfectly [...]
Edward Feser "One of the best contemporary writers on philosophy" National Review "A terrific writer" Damian Thompson, Daily Telegraph "Feser... has the rare and enviable gift of making philosophical argument compulsively readable" Sir Anthony Kenny, Times Literary Supplement Selected for the First Things list of the 50 Best Blogs of 2010 (November 19, 2010) In his book of reminiscences “Surely [...]
Formation of nucleobases in a Miller–Urey reducing atmosphere Martin Ferus, Fabio Pietrucci, Antonino Marco Saitta, Antonín Knížek, Petr Kubelík, Ondřej Ivanek, Violetta Shestivska, and Svatopluk Civiš Significance The study shows that Miller–Urey experiments produce RNA nucleobases in discharges and laser-driven plasma impact simulations carried out in a simple prototype of reducing atmosphere containing ammonia and carbon monoxide. We carried out a self-standing [...]
