Reality imitates fiction. Though fictional tales caution against our excesses, warnings are ignored. The artificial attempt to recreate life in a laboratory is still going on; the current obsession is abiogenesis. Continue reading Frankenstein science: Origin of Life research
Darwinism is part of scientism, and has nothing to do with proper science; it is a system of belief. Intelligent Design does not posit a Creator but an intelligence behind aspects of the universe. It is seen by some as a plausible explanation compared to randomness governing everything.
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by John Schwarzmantel This article has three aims: in the first place it seeks to offer some reflection on the role of political theory, and its relationship to what could simplistically be called events in the real world. Should political theory in the broadest sense be concerned with analysing and interpreting these events, or is it an exercise of a different kind, primarily concerned with the analysis of texts and with developing a specialised language of inquiry into such texts, whether historical or contemporary, that offer generalised reflection on concepts like power and authority, freedom and justice, to name only … Continue reading Insurgent democracy
by Jeff Shantz Superseding archic society requires, in part, a refusal to participate in dominant social relations. Anarchists call for a refusal to surrender people’s collective power to politicians or bosses. Instead they seek to re-organize social institutions in such a way as to reclaim social and economic power and exercise it on their own behalves towards their own collective interests.They seek an alternative social infrastructure that is responsive to people’s needs because it is developed and controlled directly by them.This is a social framework in which decisions regarding social and economic relations are made by the people affected by … Continue reading Re-thinking revolution: A social anarchist perspective
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