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Bravest philosophers faced death to learn how to live
I’m a big fan of death. Okay, I’m kidding. But there is something about death that has always captured my imagination. I’ve thought about death since I was a teenager. My curiosity about death, which I...
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The Easter question: Is there life after bodily death?
The story of the “death” of the 20th-century philosopher, Alfred Jules (A. J.) Ayer, is becoming legendary. When the renowned atheist choked on a piece of salmon in 1988 in a British hospital, he went...
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Sparks fly over parapsychology at SFU and beyond
Hello folks, I am reposting this piece from Vancouver Sun archives in light of the recent global fascination with Paul, the supposedly psychic World Cup octopus. (NB. Sadly, Prof. Beyerstein has died...
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Do falling mountain-climbers feel joy or terror?
Answer to headline question: “Death by falling is actually a far more painful experience for onlookers and relatives than it is for the victims themselves.” So says The Journey Home: What Near-Death...
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Too busy to reflect on life? And afterlife?
Texting. Tweeting. Exercising. Emailing. Googling. TV watching. Working. Downloading. Driving. Facebooking. Partying. Doing. Given the myriad things vying for our attention each day, you might wonder...
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Rationality is over-rated: Just ask ‘intuitive’ scientists
“The atheist, by merely being in touch with reality, appears shamefully out of touch with the fantasy life of his neighbours.” – Sam Harris Some atheists are delighting in a...
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Brain scientist with mystical bent in Vancouver Sunday
Mario Beauregard is worth a listen. The noted University of Montreal professor, who specializes in “the neurobiology of emotion and mystical experience,” will be one of the keynote speakers at an...
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$5 million to research afterlife: Challenging the academic stigma
I can hear the complaining already from people who think it’s idiotic to study the possibility of life after death, since, as some academics like to say, such concepts are just “magic.” But why not...
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