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: Saturday with Budthu (SwB)

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Corona Special / For members / Quest to share / Saturday with Budthu (SwB)

Disparities in the Midst of COVID-19: Education, Health, and Race-Odaelys Walwyn-Pollard

he COVID-19 Pandemic has undeniably made the year 2020 one for the books. We’ve seen how the pandemic has affected everyone, but it has undeniably been exacerbated for certain groups. We will discuss how COVID-19 shined a light on a broken system, with special emphasis on education in...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / Saturday with Budthu (SwB) / View from Giants' shoulder

How to Repair the American(probably whole human) Mind-Guy P. Harrison

America’s political disinformation and conspiracy belief crisis can be solved.Not only of America!! “Every person we save is one less zombie to fight.”  ― World War Z, 2013 film The invasion of the U.S. Capital Building by rioters and vandals on January 6 marked a significant moment in...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / pleasure of knowledge / Saturday with Budthu (SwB) / View from Giants' shoulder

The Making of a Scientist-An Appetite for Wonder

RICHARD DAWKINS IN CONVERSATION WITH MICHAEL SHERMER Richard Dawkins’ first book, The Selfish Gene, caused a seismic shift in the study of biology by proffering the gene-centered view of evolution. It was also in this book that Dawkins coined the term meme, a unit of cultural evolution, which...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / pleasure of knowledge / Saturday with Budthu (SwB) / View from Giants' shoulder

An Evening with Richard Dawkins – Featuring Sam Harris – Night 2

Two brilliant and provocative thinkers, Dawkins and Harris explore a wide array of critical topics and tackle challenging questions. They discuss the implications of new scientific advancements, the threat of religious extremism, approaches to finding meaning and purpose without faith.

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / pleasure of knowledge / Saturday with Budthu (SwB) / View from Giants' shoulder

An Evening with Richard Dawkins – Featuring Sam Harris – Night 1

Join Richard Dawkins as he shares the stage with special guest Sam Harris for a sold-out engagement at the Alex Theatre in Los Angeles. In this rare conversation between two brilliant and provocative thinkers, Dawkins and Harris explore a wide array of critical topics and tackle challenging questions....

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A moon/candle in the dark night / Corona Special / For members / pleasure of knowledge / Saturday with Budthu (SwB)

The After Time: The Future of Civilization After COVID-19

In this special episode of the Science Salon podcast, the last of 2020, Dr. Michael Shermer offers some reflections on 2020, starting with race and the Black Lives Movement, putting it into perspective from other books he read this year, along with podcast guests who appeared in 2020,...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / Saturday with Budthu (SwB) / View from Giants' shoulder

Michael Shermer on the Politics of Belief

This lecture is part of a course that Dr. Shermer teaches at Chapman University called Skepticism 101 Dr. Michael Shermer explains how we arrived at the Left-Right spectrum, both historically and evolutionarily, and the numerous metaphors used to wrap our minds around such complex systems as politics and...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / pleasure of knowledge / Saturday with Budthu (SwB) / View from Giants' shoulder

skepticism 101 lectures-Michael Shermer

https://www.skeptic.com/tag/skepticism-101-lectures/ Skepticism 101: How to Think Like a Scientist covers a wide range of topics, from critical thinking, reasoning, rationality, cognitive biases and how thinking goes wrong, and the scientific methods, to actual claims and whether or not there is any truth to them, e.g., ESP, ETIs, UFOs,...