Can Knowledge free us from suffering? Photo by Greg Rakozy “Nihilism stands at the door: whence comes this uncanniest of all guests?” — The Will to Power Fredrick Nietzsche did not endorse nihilism; rather, he cautioned that it would represent the inevitable and tragic consequence of the modern epoch following the “ death of God” — a metaphor denoting the collapse of enduring meaning-making traditions that historically underpinned the foundations of our civilizations. Alber

Deciphering Signal from Noise—Love from Fear Photo by Nicolas Houdayer You might say I was righteously scared into my curiosity and passion for biology, since my science teacher, Mr. Gibson, was able to frighten a 12-year-old boy who had been working on his elementary school rap sheet for a few years at that point, gaining the attention of every teacher at the school by spending countless hours in the principal’s office. Mr. Gibson was a middle-aged man with thick, curly ligh

It all started when she asked me: "How much do you Love me?" How to discern and quantify Love.

Why our Word Defines Who We Are.

While many may see the question, "Do you believe in God?" as a simple question, a closer examination reveals its complexity.

Is our conscience a combination of matter and phenomenon? Is it guided by selfishness or selflessness?