Psychology : New study suggests virtual possessions are as important as material ones to teenagers

What does it really mean to own or possess something ? Something that we can touch, physically locate or ‘legally’ add to our list of things that belong exclusively to us ? Read more…

The Current Global Financial Crisis : A Catastrophic failure of Spirituality ?

In the 2010 film Inside Job directed by Charles Ferguson, the systematic corruption of the financial services industry was analysed and presented as a system-wide failure brought about by the greed-motivated practices of an unregulated banking industry which had spun out of control. Read More…

The Fourth State of Mind : Neurobiology of Meditation

Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that’s true. Most people, however, find that meditation creates more time than it takes.  Read More…

Can education boost our sense of religiosity ?

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. Read More…

How quantum physics raises the issue of consciousness ?

While consciousness as a component of physical theory appeals to some physicists, it also introduces an annoying, slippery, and non-material substance into what is otherwise a satisfying material edifice. Read More…

RNA World : Clues to the mystery of the origin of the miracle called ‘Life’

The complexity of the simplest known type of cell is so great that it is impossible to accept that such an object could have been thrown together suddenly by some kind of freakish, vastly improbable, event. Such an occurrence would be indistinguishable from a miracle Read More…

Scientology : The pseudoscience that built a Church out of science fiction

“Scientology beliefs revolve around the thetan, the individualized expression of the cosmic source, or life force, named after the Greek letter theta (θ).” “Thetans are reborn time and time again in new bodies through a process called “assumption” which is analogous to reincarnation.” Read More…