About this podcast
Episode 1: Belief
Belief is one half of our information. The other half is knowledge. Belief is what we each accept without proof. Knowledge is what we can prove to each other with independent facts.
Because no one knows everything, we depend on our belief systems to fill in the gaps of information. Science is the best belief system for better information because it requires the simplest belief - that the universe exists with constant properties, and the scientific method is the best way to discover them.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 60 episodes
- Where's the limit? · 26 min · Season 8 Episode 5I've reached my limit for tolerance of social stupidity. It's time to wake up to the reality of the basic functions of life. It's not that hard to see where the billionaires are…
- We won? · 27 min · Season 8 Episode 4The evolutionary node is nigh. We are nearing the end of the dominance of colonialism as our main form of civilization. Thinking humans realize in our modern world we need…
- Happy New Year! · 29 min · Season 8 Episode 3It's time for those new year resolutions. Think global, act local is my current motto. I'm focusing some on me, and some on everything else. As ever, what the split is becomes…
- The road to Damascus (or Flintstone) · 29 min · Season 8 Episode 2Revelation. Religious ecstasy. Fun stuff. I've had one, when I realized the critical role of belief in establishing any civilization. Everyone that I consider civilized shares a…
- There's the node - turn it up · 31 min · Season 8 Episode 1Welcome to an evolutionary journey as a member of the Evolving Church of Science. New memberships will be available as soon as I figure out one of those cash internet thingies…
- Think about it, please! · 25 min · Season 7 Episode 12Thinking is the adaptation that truly makes us civilized humans. I wish more people did more of it....
- Celebrate Diversity - A Bioble suggestion · 45 minHow much diversity can you handle? That's the issue today.
- Work · 16 min · Season 7 Episode 11So I've been thinking about retirement. So many 'pearls of wisdom' are trickling through my gray matter about what it was going to be and what it is. Work is life. If you're not…
- Take care of Home · 25 min · Season 7 Episode 9Home can be different things, ranging from where you sleep to the entire planet. All of it requires care and maintenance. We should do more of that.
- Stand up for something · 26 min · Season 7 Episode 8Stand up for something. What do you need to have explained? Have a frickin' backbone. Decide what is important. Fight to keep it or work to change it. Figure it out.
- Maximize probabilities in your favor · 29 min · Season 7 Episode 7In the evolving church of science, we understand our mental information is sorted into personal beliefs (which are not verified) and knowledge (which is verified through multiple…
- Breeding Ideas · 24 min · Season 7 Episode 6An analysis of artificial selection. When we think about 'domestication', altering the life histories of various species to meld into our human civilizations, we don't always…
- Do Good · 30 min · Season 7 Episode 5My Goodness! What is that? Good is such a relative term for so many things in our lives. If you are a believer in Science, a member of the Evolving Church of Science, what do you…
- Understand your environment · 26 min · Season 7 Episode 4Why are you here? Who knows? Well, you are the only one who can give meaning to your life. You have to look around and figure out what are the current forces active around you…
- Does everybody get to retire? · 30 min · Season 7 Episode 3Everyone should be able to look at their personal history and understand where they came from. Otherwise, how can you figure out where you're going?
- Probabilistic Ethics · 29 min · Season 7 Episode 2How can we make a better world? We need to agree on what is ethical. We may never agree on what's moral - whatever each of us thinks is 'good vs evil'. But we can agree on some…
- Science vs Religion · 30 min · Season 7 Episode 1I've retired, but now I'm committing to this - Science! And I'm ready to offer up a better explanation for some of our problems. Guess what's not included?
- Lesson from the Bioble - 10 · 27 min · Season 6 Episode 1The tenth commandment from the Bioble, the holy book of the evolving Church of Science is reviewed.
- Kaos · 29 min · Season 5 Episode 4Chaos is the opposite of order. Kaos was the opposition to Control in the old TV series Get Smart. That show was a spoof on the Cold War actions represented in mass media back in…
