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Science and non-repeatable events

Scientific method is fundamentally concerned with repeatable events. The phenomena that science captures most easily may be described using the following formula: once conditions A have been established, if B is done, then C happens.  This kind of science is a science of reactions, of the reactive. But what about a science of the active? Is […]

Posted 29 May 2014 † Johan § Bioinformatics § Computer science § Philosophy ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Teilhard de Chardin, Nietzsche and individuation

On a friend’s recommendation I started reading Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s The Phenomenon of Man. De Chardin was a Jesuit and a paleontologist who in this work attempted to reconcile his Christian beliefs with evolution and natural selection. The result is an intense work of great ambition, rich with vivid metaphors. By chance I was leafing […]

Posted 27 August 2013 † Johan § Life § Philosophy ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,