The claims of Einstein’s theory of special relativity defy common sense. Clocks tick at different rates depending on your speed. All objects (including people!) moving at near light speeds shrink in the direction of motion. And light travels at the same speed for everyone, independent of motion. Quantum mechanics, the theory of nature on [...]
Argues that our culture over emphasizes individual freedom and self-expression.
Argues that science plays the same role in our society as the sacred has played in the past.
Looks at a historical argument against miracles to explore some non-analytical factors that direct people’s thinking about miracles.
Compares the ancient Greek and modern American views on personal freedom.
Reaffirms the ongoing mission of Gutenberg College.
Argues that presuppositions are central to all thought and action.
Extols the virtue of temperance in a culture obsessed with bodily appetites.
Makes the case that wise living is a skill acquired much like other skills.
Discusses the definition of 'proof' and compares the validity of everyday experience with mathematical proof.
Makes the case that wise living is a skill acquired much like other skills.
Explains why studying Algebra remains an important thing to do.
Discusses social and cultural beliefs that have become so ingrained in our cultural psyche that we cannot see them for what they are.
Responds to Jack Crabtree's paper, "How to Follow Jesus When You Cannot Kill the Beast" (Summer Institute 2013), by looking at factors that affect how people commit to their beliefs.
Discusses the nature of education by using a fictional conversation between friends.
Proposes that people are born truth-detectors and that they are very good at it.
Discusses the shift from the view of the natural world as chaotic and to ordered and the ramifications of that shift for Western civilization.
Discusses the separation between social actions and the consequences of those actions.
Describes how historical assessments can differ so dramatically.
Discusses two important aspects of persuasion—trust and evidence—and the relationship between them.