by charles.mcgowen | Aug 27, 2011 | Blog
Humans, unlike other living creatures, possess wisdom to varying degrees. In fact the scientific, Latin name for a human being is Homo sapiens (man of wisdom). In the previous article at this blogspot I briefly discussed some research being done by neuroscientists who...
by charles.mcgowen | Aug 15, 2011 | Blog
There appeared a commentary in the October 13, 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) entitled, Wisdom a Neuroscience Perspective: co-authored by Drs D.V. Jeste and J.C. Harris. The opening paragraph of the article began, “Philosophers,...
by charles.mcgowen | Jul 5, 2011 | Blog
– Give people now on Medicare (46 million of them as of May 2011) one of two options: (1) stay with the current program and continue to pay the monthly premium ($96) out of their SS checks plus whatever they pay for suplimental insurance or (2) begin a new...
by charles.mcgowen | Jun 11, 2011 | Blog
It’s graduation time and the ACLU (Which should stand for Atheists Civil Liberties Union) is making certain that God and His name are not invoked in any of the ceremonies. Philosophers have long pondered the question as to why something exists as opposed to nothing...
