Philosophy Wire: Unexplainable activity…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2017-06-05]: Unexplainable activity in distant stars: Researcher pored through more than 10 years of existing Chandra X-ray Observatory data and found stars that repeatedly survive quick, massive surges in space energy. There are no such instances of this new class of explosive events in our galaxy, as stars are destroyed by similar conditions. [1]

We want to explain the cosmos.

And yet…

Everything is unexplained.
Everything is unknown.

And thus…

Everything is explained.
Everything is known…

A star is somewhere exploding silently. Can you hear it?

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Philosophy Wire: Oedipus and the curse of knowledge.

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2016-06-27]: Prometheus (Hesiod). Oedipus, the man who defeated the Sphinx with his knowledge. Midas and Silenus. Adam and Eve. They all had something in common: They longed for or possessed knowledge. And knowledge destroyed them. Our myths warn us persistently. And we choose to ignore them. We want to "learn". Stop thinking. Learn to simply accept the cosmos. Stop analyzing. Just be… Only in the darkness do we see dreams even though they scare us in the beginning.

[Read “Non-thinking” articles @ Harmonia Philosophica]

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Philosophy Wire: Autism. Good? Bad? Who knows...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-08-24]: Having autism may protect people from Alzheimer’s. The idea, described June 17 in Medical Hypotheses, is preliminary and will require many more experiments before scientists know if it’s correct. [1] Bad is sometimes bad. And vice versa. Let go of your definitions. Let go of what you know. And you will learn new things...

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Philosophy Wire: Knowledge without knowledge...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2014-08-12]: Cryptographic "zero knowledge" proof paves way for nuke disarmament. [1] You can know without knowing. Many religions have said that for thousands of years now... Think irrationally. Think scientifically...

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