Christmas and the re-spiritualisation of Christianity ‘God became man so that we might be deified’ [1, PG 36, 265], says the church father Gregory of Nazianzus (c. 325–390 AD) in his first Christmas address, which he gave as Bishop of Constantinople in 380. This was not a one-off observation. In his famous theological speech, he says…
Gain of Function Research And A Few Thoughts on Christmas Last week I heard a lecture by Prof. Roland Wiesendanger, a physicist at the University of Hamburg. He spoke at a workshop at the University of Trier on "Conscience" organized by Mrs. Henrieke Stahl at the Institute of Slavic Studies, who is also the spokesperson for the group "7 Arguments…
The (futile?) quest for consciousness A report from The Science of Consciousness Conference in Taormina – May 22nd to 27th, 2023 A well-known story of the Muslim sage Nasreddin Hodsha reports Nasreddin standing under a lamp at night, searching frantically for something. A passer-by asks him: “Nasreddin, what are you looking for?” Nasreddin answers: “I…
