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Review: Free Will, Do You Have It? by Albertus Kral

Free Will, Do You Have It? by Albertus Kral

A brain-bending dive into the philosophy of personal choice and autonomy, Free Will, Do You Have It? by Albertus Kral is a fascinating presentation of the author’s personal theory of Procirclism.

The idea, in short, is that cyclical behavioral processes are developed and strengthened in every individual, based on the specific stimuli they experience. Each stimulus acts as a tiny variable in a process that is perpetually developing in our mind based on memories and prior reactions/behaviors. Essentially, Kral is attempting to explain why humans behave in particular ways, and what factors lead to a person’s ultimate decisions, which he […]

Review: Radical Mycology: A Treatise On Seeing And Working With Fungi by Peter McCoy

Radical Mycology by Peter McCoy

Radical Mycology is not just the title of this brilliant compendium on everything fungal, but also the name of the collaborative network co-founded by fungi expert and author Peter McCoy, who here examines the ecological concept of Permaculture, which is gaining traction as more people become aware of the healing properties of the humble mushroom in a quest to save the planet.

Mycology, the study of fungi, is an ancient discipline that can be traced to the beginning of human existence, and as Peter McCoy, a mycologist from Portland with many years experience of both the scientific and culinary […]

Eliot Bryter2020-11-13T09:44:53+02:00November 12th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Home & Garden Book Reviews, Science Book Reviews|

Review: Programming the Brain by Chandana Watagodakumbura

Professor and scientist Chandana Watagodakumbura examines the complex relationship between brain structure, neurological functioning, and how people behave based on their learning in Programming the Brain: Educational Neuroscience Perspective: Pedagogical Practices and Study Skills for Enhanced Learning and Metacognition.

As Watagodakumbura describes, educators are constantly exploring and quantifying the ways that students learn, in order to teach them most effectively. Neuroscience, a relatively new discipline, can offer insight into these processes, since human evolution parallels the evolution of the brain and neural system.

A salient example of the author’s thesis is presented in the introduction, looking at the difference […]

SPR2020-10-02T01:20:04+02:00August 29th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Education, Science Book Reviews|

Review: Evolution Tested by CS Stephens

Evolution Tested by CS Stephens

Author CS Stephens presents a delicately worded takedown of widely accepted truths related to evolution and natural selection in Evolution Tested: Evolution & Empiriism Viewed through Engineering Standards. Employing a unique engineering angle on empirical evidence and objective truth, this book attempts to challenge even the staunchest believers in the Darwinian tradition.

In the more than 160 years since Darwin released his theory of evolution through natural selection, there have been countless books tackling the validity and universality of the theory. The overwhelming support for and perennial buttressing of the theory through evidence of speciation events, genetic markers and […]

SPR2020-03-26T09:47:57+02:00February 27th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Science Book Reviews|

Strange Entities by Chris Carvell

For readers seeking a mind-bending and consciousness-expanding read, Strange Entities: Quantum Processes linking Creation and Consciousness: An exploration connecting Material Reality and Non-Material Reality by Chris Carvell should top their reading list.

There has been a great deal of discussion in recent decades about quantum physics and mechanics, as well as superposition, quantum entanglement, quantum tunneling and many other highly academic niches that can boggle the average, non-physicist reader. This book attempts to simplify a massive range of related topics and find the logical connections between the quantum scale and the universal scale.

Essentially, if our consciousness is contained in […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2019-12-17T08:21:41+02:00December 16th, 2019|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Science Book Reviews|

Review: World Climate: Causes, Effects and Solutions by Terje Instefjord

World Climate: Causes, Effects and Solutions by Terje Instefjord

In World Climate: Causes, Effects and Solutions by author Terje Instefjord, some of the most recent reports and publications by respected climate experts and organizations are broken down and explained in accessible, yet credible language.

While there is some amount of extrapolation and guesswork in any global model, despite our advanced technology related to this subject, this is not a book of catastrophic rhetoric or partisan leanings. Instead, it is a well-constructed and readable book that sits squarely between a dense governmental report topping hundreds of pages and a concise summary in a news article.

From the World Meteorological Organization […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2020-02-07T09:55:08+02:00December 13th, 2019|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Environment, Science Book Reviews|

Purposeful Evolution by Ron Deming

The age-old conflict between undirected randomness and intelligent design gets a new referee with the thought-provoking Purposeful Evolution by Ron Deming.

Deming argues that many examples of rapid, seemingly reactive adaptations in species must be the result of some interaction or assessment of the environment, rather than the gradualism of natural selection, which can often take thousands of generations and hundreds of thousands of years. This “purposeful evolution” theory attempts to break down the binary of Darwinian evolution vs. creationism, instead considering the relationship and reactivity of organism to environment over a much smaller time scale.

Backed up with dozens […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2019-11-22T08:56:14+02:00November 22nd, 2019|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Science Book Reviews|

Strange Quantum Souls by Chris Carvell

Scholars and thinkers have been seeking the substance of the soul since time immemorial, but author Chris Carvell proposes something entirely unique in his new book Strange Quantum Souls. Blending high-level mathematics with cognitive philosophy and quantum theory, this book is a wild and challenging dive into the realm of quantum consciousness.

Carvell’s argument combines ideas of micro-black holes and a Super-Ether that feed our brains information to form our thoughts and consciousness on an instantaneous level. If that single sentence is a struggle to unpack, you’ll have a truly tangled (and thought-provoking) time comprehending the rest of this […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2019-12-17T07:57:50+02:00July 31st, 2019|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Philosophy Book Reviews, Science Book Reviews|