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The Flow-Based Neo Pseudo-Scientific Method Approach (Flow-Based Inquiry – KEW Episode 105)

By kpluseiswise | December 29, 2022November 13, 2023 by kpluseiswise

The KEW Acid Tests ask how Nature can inform the big questions humans ask. “Why are we here?”, “Who am I?”, and “What is our purpose” have puzzled humans for years – perhaps millennia. In the past 4,000 years or so, we have employed philosophy, religion, and science as mechanisms to ask and answer these big questions. While we certainly have learned a lot, the questions are too big to have definitive answers. I don’t…

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FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 56: Domestication

By kpluseiswise | December 6, 2021 by kpluseiswise

Have you read anything by Don Miguel Ruiz? His most famous book is, ‘The Four Agreements: The Practical Guide to Personal Freedom‘, but he has several more. And both of his sons, Don Miguel, Jr. and Don Jose Ruiz have multiple books about Toltec wisdom. Don Miguel just released a new book, ‘The Mastery of Life: A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom‘ and it is incredible. These guys Toltec ‘men of knowledge’ from a long…

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FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 27: The NEW American Dream

By kpluseiswise | March 29, 2021 by kpluseiswise

After WWII Americans made some major advances in the pursuit of happiness. The 40-hour workweek. Worker protections via unions. Inexpensive plastic goods and TVs in every room. We purchased homes, went to college, and earned pensions for healthy retirements. We had picket fences, 2.3 kids, and stayed married (but not always happily). Our grandparents passed these ideals on to their children, and to each successive generation, changing very little with respect to goals and ideals.…

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KEW Episode 44: Unnatural Selection

By kpluseiswise | March 26, 2021October 3, 2023 by kpluseiswise

I am currently working on a larger project that will connect my background in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with personal growth, psychology, and finding more joy and fulfillment in our lives. In Episode 43 I introduce some evolutionary evidence that every individual human is born to discover their uniqueness (despite how ‘woo woo’ that sounds), and how NOT doing so goes against evolutionary theory. I didn’t coin the term Unnatural Selection. People have used it,…