The quest-a thirst unquenchable..

Quest - a thrust unquestionable..

“You have given me deeper thirsting after life. Surely there is no greater gift to a man than that which turns all his aims into parching lips and all life into a fountain. And in this lies my honour and my reward, – That whenever I come to the fountain to drink I find the living water itself thirsty; it drinks me while I drink it.” – Khalil Gibran

Category: National Science week special

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / National Science week special

Demarcation and Pseudoscience-(Quest science month special)

(From the book Thinking About Science, Massimo Pigliucci Skeptical Inquirer Volume 38.1 A collection of essays (Philosophy of Pseudoscience, University of Chicago Press) on what philosophers call “the demarcation problem,” the issue of what exactly separates sound science from bad science and pseudoscience. It’s the kind of somewhat arcane issue of...

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For members / National Science week special / pleasure of knowledge

Ode to the Brain!-(Quest science month special)

Through the powerful words of scientists Carl Sagan, Robert Winston, Vilayanur Ramachandran, Jill Bolte Taylor, Bill Nye, and Oliver Sacks, it covers different aspects the brain including its evolution, neuron networks, folding, and more. The material sampled for this video comes from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, Jill Bolte Taylor’s...

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For members / National Science week special / pleasure of knowledge / Saturday with Budthu (SwB)

‘We Are All Connected’ (Carl Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye) Quest Science month special

A tribute to great minds of science, intended to spread scientific knowledge and philosophy through the medium of music. [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”55″ disable_keyboard=”0″]XGK84Poeynk[/wpdevart_youtube]

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / National Science week special / Saturday with Budthu (SwB)

Naturopathy and Herbal Medicines-pseudoscience??(Quest science month special)

Naturopathy is an ill-defined system based on vitalistic mythology; it combines commonsense health and nutrition measures and rational use of a few herbs with a huge variety of unscientific practices and anti-medical double-talk. [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red”...