The Memory Gym—Exercising Our Words
by James Wallace Harris, Thursday, January 26, 2017 I don’t believe I have Alzheimer’s or any other form of dementia – yet, but I am having memory problems, ones that are common to getting old. All my...
View ArticleWhat If Science Fiction Is Wrong About Space Travel?
Science fiction is about speculation and the topic it has speculated on most is space travel. What if science fiction is wrong? What if it turns out that humans aren’t suited for living in space or...
View ArticleAre You An Auto-Brainwasher?
by James Wallace Harris, Saturday, April 22, 2017 There is an extreme condition known as the Anton-Babinski syndrome where blind people believe they can see. It’s a visual variation of Anosognosia,...
View ArticleI Was Wrong
by James Wallace Harris, Monday, May 8, 2017 Yesterday I wrote, “Are Republicans the Party of Darwin?” accusing conservatives of applying their understanding of Darwin’s observations on nature to...
View ArticleThe Soul v. Evolved Consciousness
by James Wallace Harris, Saturday, August 19, 2017 I keep trying to understand the core cause of our polarized political conflict that’s pushing us to destroy our current civilization. We have the...
View ArticleLooking Forwards v. Looking Backwards
by James Wallace Harris, Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Do you read books about the past, or about now, or the future? This morning I started work on an essay about African-American fiction in the 19th...
View ArticleTo Be A Machine by Mark O’Connell [Annotated]
by James Wallace Harris, Saturday, September 22, 2017 Are you a transhumanist? I am not. I reject transhumanism for the same reason I reject religion – both unrealistically crave immortality. The...
View ArticleIs There Any Hope for the Future?
by James Wallace Harris, Tuesday, October 24, 2017 A friend of mine recently posted to her Facebook that her world was rocked when she attended a lecture by Rev. Dr. William Barber who is leading a...
View ArticleThe Church of Reality
by James Wallace Harris, Friday, October 27, 2017 “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” ― Philip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon We need to declutter the world...
View Article22 Dumb Fantasies I’ve Tried to Believe
by James Wallace Harris, Tuesday, October 31, 2017 Have you been depressed since last November? Does the institutionalization of anti-science horrify you? Do you feel irrational politicians have...
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