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Rube Goldberg Machine

By EM Posted on June 12, 2016 Posted in Homeschool Tagged with casual experiments, science, unschooling
Rube Goldberg Machine

The other day in school, we talked to King Sturdy about potential and kinetic energy, then showed him an OK Go video to illustrate. Today, he had his heart set on building a Rube Goldberg Machine. After some debate, we …

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Myth, Science and Unicorn Mind

By EM Posted on May 25, 2016 Posted in Mythognosis Tagged with direct mind, epistemology, mythology, science, scientism
Myth, Science and Unicorn Mind

In the first chapter of Before Philosophy, Henri and Henriette Frankfort pointed out that the language of myth, which they called “speculative thought,” isn’t so common these days, because science. In our own time speculative thought finds its scope more severely limited than it …

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Science Can Be Personal

By EM Posted on May 16, 2015 Posted in Be Tagged with personhood, relationship, science
Science Can Be Personal

In an earlier post, I started compiling the passages I like best from the first chapter of Before Philosophy, because there’s something in there that strikes a chord and I want to tease out what it is. I left off with …

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Sally Fallon Makes Me Nervous

By EM Posted on March 7, 2012 Posted in Eat Tagged with critique, real food, science
Sally Fallon Makes Me Nervous

I am a fan of Weston Price. I’m also a fan of much of what Mr. Price’s most vocal disciple, Sally Fallon, advocates. On the other hand? She’s kind of crazy. Let’s start with the good. Sally Fallon is a proponent …

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Not a Fib

By EM Posted on January 23, 2011 Posted in God and the Tao Tagged with ancient Israel, epistemology, God, mythology, sacred, science, stories, transformation
Not a Fib

This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning is unclear. “The divine name …

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We Want a Boys’ Band

By EM Posted on October 23, 2009 Posted in God and the Tao Tagged with faith, mythology, science, stories
We Want a Boys’ Band

This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning is unclear. Here again it …

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God is the Eggshell, God is the Sky

By EM Posted on October 5, 2009 Posted in God and the Tao Tagged with epistemology, mythology, religion, science, scientism
God is the Eggshell, God is the Sky

In the ancient Near East, religion was the standard by which pretty much everything was understood. It was the unquestioned, unquestionable root of reality, and however fantastic its suppositions may have been, they were not metaphorical. The serpent spoke. Ladders …

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