Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-03-28]: Pope Francis washed the feet of prisoners in a youth detention centre near Rome. [source: BBC News] No matter if you are an atheist or a Protestant or an Orthodox. This act is a nice reminder that we could all use: we are all equal in the eyes of the Cosmos. Think not of your fellow human as a lesser man and you will gain something "superior"...
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2012-12-07]: A research reveals that our DNA is full of flaws. [source: BBC News] Weird for a being which all the time tries to reach perfection…
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2012-10-30]: Scientists discovered the self-healing cement: small bacteria residing in hypnosis inside the material, are activated with water (pouring through micro cracks in the cement body) and generate limestone [source: BBC News]. Nature has many mechanisms to self-heal and it is good that humans have started learning they exist. We just now have to make sure we are the cement and not the cracks… Bacteria in their humility have many ways to help maintain harmony in the cosmos. What can we do to achieve the same?
Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-09-30]: In the context of Ig Nobels for researches that make you laugh before you read them, researchers in the field of biology were awarded for their findings on turtles. These scientists discovered that the yawn is not contagious for turtles [source: web news]!!! Definitely a funny research! But wait a moment… The “scientists” who laugh with this research do not know anything about yawn! Nor why it happens, nor why the yawn is transmitted to other humans… So what's the joke? When something as common as the yawn is still an… absolute mystery, laughter needs to stop and humility should take its place.
