The Flame is not so bright to itself as to those on whom it shines, so too the wise man
Should Research Laboratories be in Space or on Earth?

Should Research Laboratories be in Space or on Earth?

Updated 3rd April 2022   Your browser does not support the video tag. I wrote this article 12 years before the CoVid Pandemic. How safe is it to revive dormant microbes, viruses or bacteria? 2009 Dr Jennifer Loveland-Curtze and a team of scientists from the...
The Philosophy of Breaking Up

The Philosophy of Breaking Up

Updated 5-4-23 Reader Comments on Shadow in the Flame I value all our reader comments and I know that many of you read them as much as you do the articles. They all contribute a tremendous amount towards making this blog the community it has become. However, from time...
What Will Your Legacy Be?

What Will Your Legacy Be?

Our First Article submitted by a Reader Hi Ric, How are you today? I hope you are having a really wonderful beautiful day today, and everyday. After reading your articles and giving it a lot of thought, I wanted to write and tell you what I believe. We humans learn...
Have You Ever Wanted to Just Disappear?

Have You Ever Wanted to Just Disappear?

Hello Everyone, Happy New Year! I certainly feel this will be a great year for me and I hope it is for you too. But before I go on I owe you all an apology. I am sooooooooo sorry I have not posted any articles since October. You may have heard of the old Chinese curse...
I Don’t Want to Be Lonely Anymore! – Part 1

I Don’t Want to Be Lonely Anymore! – Part 1

This is the Author’s Interpretation of the Ideas & Philosophy  Behind “The Man” Chapter 3 In Chapter 3 The Man is in emotional crisis when he comes face to face with immortality and the hopelessness of his life. We don’t know what triggered his predicament but I...
The Man – Chapter 1 The Town

The Man – Chapter 1 The Town

The road into town was long, straight, and dusty. The kind of road you knew would lead to nowhere special and the reward for arriving was less than his lowest expectations. Good. He spat the word out though there was no one to hear it. First order of business, he...
Confronting the Future-Part 1

Confronting the Future-Part 1

Craig Venter on Creating Synthetic Life 2010 Scientists Create First Synthetic Cell Scientists Create Life The news is only days old but like a long awaited messenger, we have been expecting it with trepidation. The answer to the question that man has been pondering...
The Philosophy of Change

The Philosophy of Change

 by Dwayne Schulz 1. Things and Events The River of Change   The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus once famously remarked ‘It is not possible to step twice in to the same river for fresh waters are ever flowing in upon you’. What he meant was that all things are in...
The Night-Song by Friedrich Nietzsche

The Night-Song by Friedrich Nietzsche

Excerpt from Part 2 Thus Spoke Zarathustra  By Friedrich Nietzsche  This is the second excerpt from Thus Spoke Zarathustra mentioned in the post headed “Sex and the Philosopher who Specialised in Feeling Wretched” The Night-Song  ‘TIS night: now do all gushing...
Among the Daughters of the Desert

Among the Daughters of the Desert

From Part 4 Thus Spoke Zarathustra By Friedrich Nietzsche This is the Poem referred to by H. W. Brann in his book on Nietzsche’s sex life, Nietzsche und die Frauen mentioned in the post headed “Sex and the Philosopher who Specialised in Feeling Wretched” In his book...