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Agnosticism

“But what is truth?” asks a certain kind of skeptic. That, suggests the late Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman above, depends upon your method. If…

Richard Feynman On Religion, Science, The Search For Truth & Our Willingness To Live With Doubt - Open Culture #science #answers #questions #doubt

Science and religion

Both Feynman and Tyson seem to agree that the scientific and Creationist methods for discovering “truth,” whatever that may be, are basically incompatible…

Richard Feynman On Religion, Science, The Search For Truth & Our Willingness To Live With Doubt - Open Culture #truth #answers #meaning #ignorance #mystery

Scientific publishing is a relic from another age

Scientific journals keep alive a culture of unnecessary adjudication, delay, corruption-rich anonymous peer review, and conclusions without the underlying…

Science Journals Have Passed Their Expiration Date -- It's Time For The Publishing Platform - Innovation Insights #science #answers #journals #peer-review #culture

The self, spirituality and atheism

While denouncing religion in public, it turns out Harris spent years studying with gurus in India, going on meditation retreats, and using mind-expanding…

Spiritual But Not Religious? You’re Not Alone | Life And Style | The Guardian #spirituality #self #happiness #answers

What is open science

So what’s Open? Open has worked in other fields, especially software. Moedas continues: In my view, there is a strong economic, scientific and moral case for…

What Is “open Science”? Carlos Moedas Gets It, Do You? | Petermr's Blog #answers #software #scientists #science

Bitcoin without banks

In traditional banking the banks keep a record of how much money you have. They deal with all the security to make sure people can't claim they have more…

Man Buys $27 Of Bitcoin, Forgets About Them, Finds They're Now Worth $886k | Technology | Theguardian.com #Bitcoin #computer