Ian Wardell: Philosophical Thoughts

via GIPHY This is Richard Wiseman. He's a skeptic of the paranormal. I think he's especially fond of perceptual illusions as th...

            Photo is of Ironmongers in Maidenhead in 1900 It is a sobering thought to reflect that in 200 years’ time, in 2219, we will ...

Why can't science tell us why the Universe exists and why physical laws take on the form they do? Here's an analogy. Consider th...

Introduction: I read the following article: Why Parapsychological Claims Cannot Be True It says: The entire field [of parapsychol...

Let me say up front that I think a certain minimal amount of moderation of comments on the net is essential.  People threaten each other, or...

We all live on the surface of this tiny blue marble floating in an infinite sea of nothingness, a nothingness utterly inimical to any...

Just read this article: BBC confirms plans to make over-75s pay TV licence fee This article was linked to on twitter and many on there are...

Bertrand Russell (a famous 20th Century philosopher) once said: "The mind grows like the body; like the body it inherits characteris...

Max Planck once said the following: A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, b...

Most people appear to believe babies aren't born good, or nasty, or anything in between. This implies they are blank slates at birth. Ho...

The other day I read the following Guardian article regarding peoples’ “spiritual experiences” near death.  I’m more interested though in t...

At the very end, what will we look back on that will provide comfort and satisfaction? What will we regret not doing? Are we likely to ...

I read the following BBC news article concerning blood pressure and cholesterol.  It says: People are being encouraged to know their chol...

The following essay is essentially an expanded and updated version of a previous blog post I've written called:  Why are we all so convi...

I'd say we haven't detected any aliens because: 1) Life in the Universe will be very uncommon given that a suitable star and planet ...

A member of parliament in the UK has called for the reintroduction of capital punishment.  See here .  Is this a good idea?   Before reachin...

I'm sick of hearing in the past few days that Hawking said that there's no role for God since the Universe can be explained by physi...

In his last book Brief Answers to the Big Questions Stephen Hawking said: "No one created the universe and no one directs our fate....

Reading this article regarding research into reincarnation it says: But what about the ‘scientific community’? Isn’t the fact that you p...

Most people seem to take it for granted that the brain produces consciousness and they surmise this because when the brain is damaged, the p...