People are surprised and often offended to discover that the truth is shifting, and yet a shift always happens at the moment of greatest certainty. If you canvassed a hundred neuroscientists about where the mind comes from, it would be a good bet that 99 would say the brain. There’s a solid wall of certainty there, which would automatically indicate that a new answer is ready to emerge, toppling all conventional wisdom. (more…)
Morning Joe: Deepak and Leonard Mlodinow
Morning Joe: Science, spirituality face off in book about life, creation
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In celebration of Deepak Chopra’s new book, War of the Worldviews: Science Vs. Spirituality, AHAlife is offering an exclusive, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: dinner with Dr. Chopra. Bestselling author and one of the world’s most (more…)
War of the Worldviews: Let’s Talk Cosmos
“Cosmos” used to mean God, or the gods, sitting in Heaven looking down on Earth; now it means billions of galaxies expanding into a unknown void. As explanations go, there seems to be no contest. Because science dominates our lives and religion is a waning force, most people see a future that will have much more technology and a lot less God. The scientific worldview is triumphant, no doubt. The campaign of some noisy atheists like Richard Dawkins, who know a great deal about science but much less about spirituality, has reinforced the illusion that a single worldview is our only choice. (more…)