Lovesong Three

Posted on August 2, 2021July 12, 2021 by Simon

“Yiddishkeit does not represent all of Jewry.” Julius Lester from Lovesong... Read More

Conceiving God #4

Posted on July 28, 2021July 2, 2021 by Simon

“At least in part people hallucinate what they expect to hallucinate.” From Conceiving GodBy David Lewis-Williams... Read More

Lovesong 2

Posted on July 26, 2021July 12, 2021 by Simon

“You don’t have to be a Jew to be a righteous person.” Julius Lester from Lovesong... Read More

Lovesong One

Posted on July 24, 2021July 7, 2021 by Simon

“Holiness is not piety, holiness is caring.” Julius Lester from Lovesong... Read More

Conceiving God #3

Posted on July 21, 2021July 2, 2021 by Simon

“It is better to seek fulfillment than meaning.” From Conceiving GodBy David Lewis-Williams... Read More

Conceiving God #2

Posted on July 14, 2021July 2, 2021 by Simon

“Brilliant is not incompatible with gullible.” From Conceiving GodBy David Lewis-Williams... Read More

Conceiving God #1

Posted on July 7, 2021July 2, 2021 by Simon

“Where faith commences, science ends.” From Conceiving GodBy David Lewis-Williams... Read More

Chance

Posted on May 31, 2021June 1, 2021 by Simon

“I worked hard and I’ve got some talent, but there are a lot of hard-working, talented people out there. There was an element of chance to it, this element of serendipity.” Barak Obama Quoted in... Read More

Nostalgia

Posted on May 24, 2021April 25, 2021 by Simon

“Most nostalgia for the glorious past is delusional thinking.” Quote from Thanks a Thousand by A.J. Jacobs... Read More

Manipulation

Posted on May 17, 2021April 25, 2021 by Simon

“We are an easily manipulated species. When the same coffee is served in a fancier cup people think it tastes better.” Quote from Thanks a Thousand by A.J. Jacobs... Read More

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