Alan TaborinA Philosopher’s Stone·Aug 17, 2020Carl Jung - Building SelfBliss, Disquiet, Enlightenment, and False Satoris The apparent religiosity of James and Jung can obscure their fundamental scientific rigor. -J. Allan Hobson, The Dreaming Brain Life is not a matter of holding good cards but of playing a poor hand well. - Robert Lewis Stevenson This article started as a…Psychology15 min read
Alan TaborinA Philosopher’s Stone·Jul 8, 2020I Want to Testify: Science and Religion are Incompatible. I Believe Them BothScience and Religion. You can apply one, the other, or both to guide action. But as views of the universe, they contradict. Someone created the universe. Or Someone didn’t. How to resolve the contradiction? I don’t. Science and Religion. You can apply one, the other, or both to guide action…Science4 min read
Alan Tabor·Jul 12, 2019WisdomWisdom is a fuzzy term usually pitted against ‘mere knowledge.’ The implication is that we often use knowledge unwisely. And the old are said to be wise. Being old, I feel I should come up with a operational definition in case I’m called into account. My theory: 1. Wisdom is…Wisdom2 min read
Alan Tabor·Oct 31, 2016Reverse Engineering My LifeReverse Engineering My Life: using myself as a case history with various asides, details, and instructions. For a quick overview, here’s the slideshow version with more images and less text. Five years ago, at a point of life transition and in search of new projects, I had the unsurprising thought…Quantified Self7 min read