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A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding Our Biosphere

By kpluseiswise | September 7, 2023December 20, 2023 by kpluseiswise

Would our ancestors be proud of us? When I think of the problems humans face today: suffering, anxiety, inequality, social justice issues, war, pollution . . . I try to put things in an evolutionary context. On the one hand, we have come so far. We have created many wonderful ‘science’, ‘technology’, and ‘engineering’ elements that benefit individuals and society. Clean water. Sanitation. Medicine. On the other hand, it hasn’t all been rainbows and unicorns. We can’t seem…

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KEW Article: Personal Responsibility, Consensus, and Faith in Science

By kpluseiswise | December 19, 2021 by kpluseiswise

For it to work we have to work together Scientific evidence directs acceptance or rejection of hypotheses. At the experimental level, this requires evidence. At the societal level, this requires faith.

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Preview KEW Episode 66: Clarity

By kpluseiswise | October 6, 2021 by kpluseiswise

To compensate for the complexity (and length) of last weeks’ Episode title (Episode 65) I am coming out small this week. Clarity. Simple enough, right? But is it? Do we ever really get clarity? Or, is clarity a regular part of our lives, or are we more often stuck in a state of wondering what the hell is really going on? I say it often that it amazes me we ever walk away from conversations…

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FLASHBACK! KEW Curiosity Interview Series 4: David McRaney of ‘You Are Not So Smart’

By kpluseiswise | August 9, 2021 by kpluseiswise

Man, that’s the best snippet up there. Watch it if you didn’t. It will tell you all you need to know about the type of guy David McRaney is. I’m still not sure how this happened, but David McRaney agreed to talk with me about Curiosity, and here’s over an hour of his unique viewpoints. I still refer back to several things he said during this interview. David is the host of an awesomely educational…

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Preview KEW Episode 57: Multiple Personalities

By kpluseiswise | August 4, 2021 by kpluseiswise

With apologies to people suffering with Multiple Personality Disorders of any type, I hope I can borrow the term for the purposes of an analogy or metaphor. I have mentioned Richard Schwartz and his Internal Family Systems (IFS) work before. IFS describes our minds as naturally having multiple ‘parts’ or characters. When I say ‘multiple personalities’ this is what I mean. In the content of the Are vs Should Problem, we have to look at…

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FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 38: Faith and Trust

By kpluseiswise | June 14, 2021 by kpluseiswise

In this episode I moved closer to figuring out the basic set of issues one needs to address when seeking enlightenment, personal growth, self help, or similar human growth efforts. Along with identifying values, identifying beliefs (limiting and otherwise), and getting to know ‘who you are’ I think understand HOW we believe is important. In recording this episode, I realized that faith and trust are critical terms to understand. Like DOUBT, we define faith and…

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FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 35: Beyond Science

By kpluseiswise | May 24, 2021 by kpluseiswise

Science is important to me. Though I am a trained scientist and truly embrace the scientific method as a great way to go about answering questions, I think we treat science, the method, and scientISTS as if they were something special. We/They’re not. It is very important to me to help people understand what science IS and, more importantly, what it IS NOT. The first point I try to make in this video, and whenever…

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Preview KEW Episode 47: Changing Behavior Changes Beliefs

By kpluseiswise | May 5, 2021 by kpluseiswise

It literally took me ten years to figure this one out. After nearly a decade of Cognitive Behavioral and psychological therapies, I had figured out my brain, my issues, and what I needed with respect to personal growth and mastering my limiting beliefs. The problem was, I wasn’t seeing the changes I wanted. Sure, learning about and understanding myself and other people had it’s benefits and made me feel better. But nothing about ME was…