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04Nov

Controlling our Food

It should be a sacred thing. And indeed, our food philosophy used to be closer to common sense in the past. My parents, already a generation closer to nature than mine, taught me that the best thing you could put in your body was something you washed the dirt off before putting it in your

05Oct

Fathers of the Lie Part II

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

Our thinking. Our philosophies of life. These are things we take for granted most of the time. "That's just the way it is," we say, and we step out confidently upon that premise. But what extensive research and clinical study from Brazil is showing us is that we would do well to investigate a little

22Sep

Fathers of the Lie Part I

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

The truth will set you free, it is written. OK, good. But knowing what the truth is, recognizing it when it pulls up alongside, ah, that's a little more difficult. Especially as our materialistic worldview would tell us that truth depends. And this idea of relative truth is a lie that comes to us from

23Aug

Re-thinking Vaccines

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

Vaccines have been sold as essential for our survival. And we're vaccinating a significantly larger number of kids because of it. Many hospital boards and health care systems even link incentive pay for executives and directors to their pediatric immunization rates. But there's more than a conflict of interest going on here. Vaccinations, it appears,

03Aug

Redefining the Relationship between Work and Capital

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

It's a philosophy deeply entrenched in our North American view of life: make your money work for you, leverage your investments, make money while you sleep. But hidden behind these strategies is a massive trap. Money, which is supposed to be a means, has become the ends. Today, capital is more important than your mother.

09Jul

Art and Transcendence

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Wagner believed in Mozart, Beethoven and God. Not necessarily in that order, but in all three. Schumann called music the language that permits us to converse with the beyond. Artists carve mythology into stone and record history on canvas. So maybe it is true that through art all men are saved. Today on Thinking with

24Jun

Debunking the Germ Theory of Disease

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

He revolutionized the field of medicine, and has numerous institutions named after him for his efforts. He was one of the most celebrated scientists of his time, and a giant in medical circles even today. He supposedly proved the Germ Theory of disease, the basis of most medical education. But Louis Pasteur's science was highly

29May

Psychological Habits of Highly Successful People

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

The literature is full of advice about what you need to do to attain it. You'll hear loads about purpose, about forming habits, about listening and motivating and focus. And we read the books and watch the videos and pop in the CDs on the commute to work. We do the visioning they recommend, we

11May

Controling Swine Flu Hysteria

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

The biggest 20th century one killed millions. An outbreak in the mid-20th century killed far less. '68 was the last big one, but back in the '90s, a flu bug supposedly from birds caused a panic for awhile in Toronto. I was affected by that one, but not by fever or other tell-tale symptoms. Nope.

30Apr

Redefining Success

In Thinking with Somebody Else's Head

Everyone has weighed in with opinions on the subject. The comments flow endlessly from book titles and magazine articles. Our predominating materialistic world view limits our discussion of it to fields of money or fame. But as our defining economic structure crumbles before our very eyes, we'd be well advised to try to redefine it.