A set of special stamps commemorating Mainland China’s breakthroughs in the sciences issued in Beijing recently (September), on behalf of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Category: Human Interest
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How Georges Lemaître (1894-1966) – a Catholic Priest – Progressed Secular Science
His mathematical breakthrough (although confirmed by Einstein as ‘correct’) is ignored, and the concept that the universe has a definite beginning is instead erroneously ascribed to Edwin Hubble.
411 Missing People – Reconsidered
What many do not realise, is that this act was just one of many designed to disempower Native American Indians, and in this case, ensure that large swathes of ancestral land were taken off of the various tribes, and kept exclusively for European ‘leisure’ activities.
Did Albert Einstein Mention Buddhism?
Einstein’s knowledge of Buddhism comes mainly from Schopenhauer. There is no evidence that Einstein understood Buddhism in its Asian cultural context, or through its broader philosophical implications.
Ch’an Buddhism as Scientific Socialism
If Buddhism is viewed as a ‘religion’ – and the Buddha as a ‘theistic’ being – then Buddhism has nothing to do with modern science,
How the Big Bang Continues to Defines Human Existence
The universe began from an event which human understanding knows to have happened, but which is difficult to define. Space and time suddenly emerged for
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 