Philosophy Wire: Classify that!

A team of evolutionary biologists and ecologists has a new idea for how scientists should classify algae species. [1] Humans. Classifying everything. So that they understand them. So that they make sense. In a cosmos full of chaos and order. Looking only at the calm deep blue of the raging abyss. Only because we are afraid to admit the huge waves coming towards them... And when death comes, so come the doubts of wisdom.

(Tell me father. How can you classify a miracle?)

Algae. Sea.

The cradle of death is where you once used to be.

Unclassified.

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Philosophy Wire: Walk on water… Miracles without miracles…

Researchers not only reveal the physics of how elastic spheres interact with water, but they also lay the foundation for the future design of water-walking drones. [1] We like to defy miracles. We are proud to ridicule the nonsensical. We believe only in hard science and data. And yet, it is the miracles which drive our efforts every day. And our eagerness to achieve them. One day we will manage to achieve them. One day we will be able to do everything. One day we will declare our self ‘God’ in the place of God. And in our enthusiasm, we will not see Him crying out of pride while watching us...

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Καλή Ανάσταση! (On the irrationality of the modern belief in death)

Happy Easter! (“Καλή Ανάσταση” in Greek literally means ‘Happy Resurrection’)

And let not the irrationality of the miracle of resurrection hinder you from believing.

The most important things in life we anyway do not understand.

Our self.

Being.

The cosmos itself.

And yet we are defined by them. And we live by them.

Yes, the resurrection is irrational.

And that is why it is true. (refer to “Resurrection – Illogical, thus True.“)

Because knowing is not about understanding, as Shestov said.

You think you need to believe in order to accept the resurrection.

But it is the other way around…

You already believe so many things and that is why you accept death.

Think again.

Time. Existence. Matter. Identity. Me. You. The notion of change itself.

Who told you these exist?

Do not ask whether Christ was risen.

But instead.

Could you ever die?

PS. Refer to the “What does it take to believe in Death” series of articles at the Blogger Harmonia Philosophica portal for more extensive coverage of the ideas that support our belief in Death. I was much younger when I wrote it and did not wrote so eloquently as now (at least not as much as I believe I do anyway), but my ideas were far more clear and raw. Thus, I still like them. Hope you like them too.

Philosophy Wire: Life. Microgravity. Impact analysis. Planets. Death.

Scientists have found evidence that when projectiles hit soft clumps of dust or hard clumps of loose glass beads, the scaling laws for energy dissipation and energy transfer are the same in each case. This helps us understand how granular clumps stick together, and how planets are formed. [1] Analyzing how planets are formed. By analyzing beads. It seems proper and scientific. And because of that, totally wrong and out of place. The world is not made out of beads or atoms. It is not made out of particles or matter. It is a cosmos made out of Logos. A living world full of light even in its darkest corner. Light which can never be seen or measured. For the beads will always behave like beads. And inside the vast galaxies, planets will always be formed. But there will never be even one planet in the universe, without someone treading on it. There will never be a planet in the cosmos. Without someone dying on it. Don’t analyze things much. For at some point you will understand all their details. And it is then, right at the moment of your greatest triumph, that a tear will drop down your cheek… A dead butterfly… Right on your hands… Do you see?

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Philosophy Wire: Matter. Antimatter. Miracles. Cosmos.

The results of a comparison between hydrogen's spectral fingerprints and those of its mirror twin are in, and the news is frustrating – they're a match right down to just two parts per trillion. If they turned out to be even a tiny bit different, physicists might at last have a way to explain why our Universe contains more matter than antimatter. But even though the results are still exciting, one of science's biggest mysteries – why the universe itself exists – remains unsolved. [1] We argue about miracles. We analyze them. We deny them. And yet, the biggest miracle of all times is the one we experience every passing minute. We should not be here. We should not exist. Nothing should. And yet, here we are. Once upon a time… nothing became something. Chaos transformed into order. The symmetry was broken. And life came into existence. A manifestation of nothingness in a void cosmos. But what is not can never be. Look again. The symmetry is still there. Chaos still rules the cosmos. The cosmos is still full of… nothing. And yet. So full of everything. Look there. Beyond the rings. A flower. Floating in deep space…

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Philosophy Wire: Life-molecules. Where did they originate? And why it does not matter. (at all)

Where do the molecules required for life originate? It may be that small organic molecules first appeared on earth and were later combined into larger molecules, such as proteins and carbohydrates. But a second possibility is that they originated in space, possibly within our solar system. A study shows that a number of small organic molecules can form in a cold, spacelike environment full of radiation. [1] Pushing the important questions backwards. For someone else to answer. Does it really matter where and how did life originate? If you saw a miracle in front of your eyes would you question how it happened? Analyzing the miracle does not make the miracle disappear. It just makes you blind to the miracle… (while someone else takes your place in admiring it) Sit back and relax. There are no miracles. Because everything is a miracle.

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Philosophy Wire: Self-healing. For anything but humans… [The importance of faith]

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-06-01]: Scientists have now introduced thin, flexible, lithium ion batteries with self-healing properties that even after completely breaking apart, can grow back together without significant impact on its electrochemical properties. [1] Our dogmatism is now so obvious and provocative… Self-healing batteries. An obvious progress for science. Self-healing humans. Absurd for modern science. Today’s dogmas put more faith in materials than in ourselves, which modern materialistic medicine does not accept it exists anyway. We have lost the faith in our souls. And we have become soulless. Literally.

PS. And yes, no matter how much you believe in batteries, they will someday stop working…

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Philosophy Wire: Blue apple. Miracles. What are we afraid?

Alice in Wonderland...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2016-12-12]: Blue apple. It does not exist. And yet you can talk about it. You can draw it. Soon you will be able to create it in a lab. What is it that CANNOT be done? Why is it that science is so opposed to miracles while at the same time it leads us to believe than anything can be done, given time? Is it that we do not believe in miracles or are we do afraid we might see one?

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Philosophy Wire: Changing the world. With a lamp. [The humble nature of miracles]

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2016-11-30]: Human use of artificial light is causing spring to come at least a week early in the UK, researchers have found. [1] Open up your heart. And you will make the flowers bloom. Do you not believe it? Turn on the light and see for yourself. Miracles are humble in their nature. As humble as a light-bulb.

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Philosophy Wire: Scientific Resurrection. Philosophical Death. Miracles.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2016-09-27]: A biotech company in the US has been granted ethical permission to recruit 20 patients who have been declared clinically dead from a traumatic brain injury, to test whether parts of their central nervous system can be brought back to life. [1] We do now know what life is, we do not know what death is and yet we will soon be proclaiming ourselves gods resurrecting people. We want to do everything and at some point we believe we will actually succeed. However we thought Jesus Christ was too much for us. Arrogant scientists have been cut-off from philosophy. And they show it with every opportunity...

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Philosophy Wire: Grafting. Miracles.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-09-22]: A tree producing 40 fruits. [1] Graft your self with whatever you like. Graft Being with Belief. And get miracles...

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