by Phil Braham | Dec 9, 2019 | Atheism, General, Psychology, Scepticism
What would it take to understand your partner? Suppose we’re talking about your wife, and she explains that she came from a large family where she had to care for her younger siblings and her mother was always busy and the father was never there. It may give you some...
by Phil Braham | Jul 8, 2019 | General, Psychology, Scepticism, Science
“The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.” Neil deGrasse Tyson Of course an astrologer would say this is true of astrology as well. It misses the point as to what we accept as truth, and this in turn depends on our...
by Phil Braham | Feb 25, 2019 | General, Psychology, Religion and mysticism, Scepticism, Science
It’s probably not completely true to say that this account marks the day I rejected the beliefs of my parents, rather it was a major event in an on-going process that led me to reassess all my assumptions. It was Christmas 1977, I think. I was living in the UK, in St....
by Phil Braham | Sep 2, 2018 | Atheism, General, Psychology, Religion and mysticism, Scepticism, Social commentary
Some years ago I saw an interview with a Jewish (or lapsed Jew to be more specific) professor where he talked about why he became an Atheist. He came from a very strict Jewish household, I think his father was a cantor at the local synagogue, but questioned his faith...
by Phil Braham | Sep 1, 2018 | Atheism, General, Religion and mysticism, Scepticism
Question 1: How old were you when you decided that you weren’t going to believe in what you don’t understand? If you had attempted to explain heavier than air flying, or radio communication to someone in the 12th century you would undoubtably be met with disbelief,...
by Phil Braham | Aug 20, 2018 | Atheism, General, Scepticism, Social commentary
There is a view which is expounded, predominantly by Atheists, that science is objective and impartial. I was told by a member of a skeptics association that peer review guaranteed that science was impartial. Apparently Richard Feynman said that Philosophy...
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