In the East, everything other than “Self” – seen from personal perspective as unexplainable – is called “That” although it still remains difficult to define the boundaries of individuality any more specifically than as a fragment of “That” moving through time/space until awareness ceases. Anything inferred beyond this is either imagination, speculation or belief, though [...]

The Hat Of Duns Scotus is an invention attributed to John Duns Scotus, a noted christian theologian and philosopher during the middle ages as well as the single largest influence on christian thought for decades. He wrote the book Treaties On Grammar, Logic, Metaphysics, postulating “univocity of being“, “the formal distinction” and the idea of [...]

Although J.J. Abrams has received critical acclaim for his interpretation of Gene Roddenberry‘s vision, it remains to be seen if the members of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences can overcome their prejudice of science fiction and nominate the film in the “Best Picture” category for 2009. Traditionally, Science Fiction has not [...]

The Chupacabra (Spanish for goat sucker) is an animal indigenous to Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Latin American communities that speak Spanish in the United States. The name comes from the animal’s reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of goats. Physical descriptions of the creature vary. Eyewitness sightings have been claimed for centuries near [...]

A multi-verse could be either a hypothetical set of multiple potential universes – including our own – that together comprise all of reality, or a many versed poem such as Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. As a literary work published in 1847, it chronicles the life of an Acadian girl named [...]