One of the most mysterious symptoms of COVID-19 is the widespread anosmia. That is, people lose their sense of smell. The most interesting part about it is that we really don’t have a good mechanism […]
Hidden Sin
Preliminary reading: Gender Identity Crisis As society changes, we begin to accept new norms. For instance, homosexuality is now not taboo or a mental illness, but an expression of self that is celebrated. Same with […]
You are not your thoughts
Living with depression, you hear this phrase a lot. Most of us accept it, perhaps after some hesitation. I want to break it down. The fact that I have thoughts means that I am separate […]
All are not saved
I was reintroduced to Christian Universalism on Reddit this evening. If true, this belief system is a game changer: something that should change everything about how you view your life and afterlife. But if false, […]
Emission Theory
Until relatively recently, there were two camps of people when it came to eyesight: extramission and intromission. Those who believed in extramission believed that light rays exited the eyes causing sight, and those who believed […]
Highway to hell
So something I stressed here was finding our natural state. I called it the ground state and viewed it as something to strive for. The problem is that humanity is damned. That’s the easiest way […]
God is action
I recently wrote about love being kind, and what I think that means. There was an interesting application when you take that and apply it to what the Bible says about God. God is love, […]
Let Light In
People who lose an eye have certain psychological ramifications, and I wanted to see if any of my previous research could shed any light on these victims. Perhaps, a new course of treatment could help […]
The Main Justification
is memory. If experience is evidence, the main source of justification of these past events is our memory. Memory is a record of true propositions. It can be reliable, or not. But to remember something […]
Love is kind
I think I missed the mark on my post about Quantifying Character. In that post, I essentially rank actions as positive or negative, with having inaction labeled as zero. But I don’t think that’s quite […]