by Ric Vatner | May 9, 2023 | Bullying and Discrimination, Featured Post, Life - Confronting Life's Challenges, Moral Dilemmas, Philosophy in Daily Life, Western Philosophy
Have you ever had a problem with bullies or a bully? I tend to associate bullies with school, because that was where I first met them, but some people meet them in the army, at work, in a volunteer organisation or even at home. In fact, you can meet them everywhere...
by Ric Vatner | Jul 22, 2010 | Featured Post, Life - Confronting Life's Challenges, Moral Dilemmas, Science and Philosophy
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...
by Ric Vatner | Jan 2, 2010 | Featured Post, Moral Dilemmas, Science and Philosophy
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...
by Ric Vatner | Jul 16, 2009 | Life - Confronting Life's Challenges, Moral Dilemmas, Politics and Society
Updated 5-4-23 Socrates debating his method of inquiry How You Can Use the Socratic Method to Solve Problems In this follow up to the article “How You Can Change the Future Part 1” I would like to provide a simple example to illustrate how applying the Socratic Method...
by Ric Vatner | Jul 10, 2009 | Life - Confronting Life's Challenges, Moral Dilemmas, Politics and Society
Every society has its “norms” by which I mean the conventions we follow, the beliefs we hold. Many are untouchable, often without question, because by following them life is easier all round, for everybody else and for us. We entrust our kids to priests, scout...
by Ric Vatner | Mar 29, 2009 | Featured Post, Moral Dilemmas, Science and Philosophy
Craig Venter explains genetic modification Go to part 1 Is Craig Venter a God? If we pray to God because “he created us”, who should the species that scientists create pray to? God at his computer Scientists may say we don’t need to answer that while we are creating...
