Science or Pseudoscience? Written by Shawn Funk One of the central issues in the philosophy of science is to identify a criterion of demarcation that distinguishes science from pseudoscience. How are we to know when the systems we use to understand the world are scientific? Identifying any good reason why something is scientific, while another thing is not, has proved difficult. Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, and Larry Laudan are influential philosophers of science who wrestled with this problem during the 20th century. Sir Karl Popper proposed that the probability that any theory is true is zero. If we concede that there are an infinite number of possibilities in a general…
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The Singularity is Ne’er Written by Shawn Funk The futurist’s job is to project current trends far into the future and make bold predictions about the world of tomorrow based on these trends. Ray Kurzweil is bold indeed. He posits the idea of a technological singularity, a moment in time when artificial intelligence (AI) eclipses the intelligence of the smartest human beings, leading to a technological explosion and super-intelligent AI (Schneider, 2016). This statement is loaded with assumptions which I will not mention. Instead, I am just going to assume it is all true and have some fun. I will add that as it stands, we are far from developing…
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Written by: Lauryn Evans Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) is a disorder that can manifest in individuals that experienced trauma in their childhoods, faced adverse childhood experiences, or endured recurring trauma (Mulloy, 2019). C-PTSD is not recognized in the DSM-5 as a mental disorder. However, it was recognized for the first time in 2018 in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) by the World Health Organization (WHO) (Franco, 2021). C-PTSD is a disorder in which the individual struggles with the same symptoms of PTSD, along with another three symptoms as defined by the ICD-11: affect dysregulation, difficulties forming and maintaining healthy and fulfilling relationships, and altered beliefs of self…
Everyone has a shadow, maybe two or even 10. However, many of us are not aware of our shadow. A shadow is described as being a part of ourselves that we have deemed unacceptable and only gets to exist in the darkness.
Backyard Astronomy: Introduction to the Stars Written by Shawn Funk The introduction of the James Webb Space Telescope earlier this year has no doubt captivated the imaginations of those who have seen its images, but you don’t need a big fancy space telescope to enjoy the rich starscape beyond our planet. Getting into the hobby is very easy and requires minimal start-up costs. Like any hobby, you can spend thousands on astronomy gear, but it doesn’t and shouldn’t be expensive for a newbie. You can start your journey for free by simply looking up at night. Start easy; learn the constellations that are visible in your sky. I recommend buying…
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