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Filmed in Chicago, Movie "Source Code" Poses Some Uncomfortable Questions

Before you too comfortably escape into futuristic imagining, know that the science behind this movie is notfar frombecomingreality.Let me introduce...
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Mindfulness meditation: Five simple tools you already own

“You can do small things inside your mind that will lead to big changes in your brain and your experience of living.” ~ Rick Hanson,...
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A Meeting of the Mindful - The International Symposium On Contemplative Studies

  • International Symposium on Contemplative Studies
  • April 27, 2012
A remarkable gathering is taking place this weekend in Denver. Hundreds of scientists, physicians and clinicians, educators and mindfulness...
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Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne on free will, part 6 of 9

We continue considering that Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne deny free will.Note Sam Harris’ birdbrained statement (literally):Of course, many...
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Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne on free will, part 9 of 9

We conclude considering that Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne deny free will.Having considered their views: do you get is now? Jerry Coyne is now...
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Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne on free will, part 8 of 9

We continue considering that Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne deny free will.But now to a deeper issue which is to actually wonder whether there is...
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Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne on free will, part 7 of 9

We continue considering that Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne deny free will.Sam Harris next proposes a metaphorical scenario wherein a scientist...
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Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne on free will, part 5

We continue considering that Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne deny free will.What could be the parting salvo of Coyne’s Atheistic, materialistic,...
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Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne on free will, part 4

We continue considering that Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne deny free will.Coyne writes:Sam Harris noted in his book Free Will, all the attempts to...
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Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne on free will, part 3

We continue considering that Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne deny free will.Just how far down the mechanistic/materialistic/reductionist rabbit hole...
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