by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Writing, Writing Habits
Here’s my solution to writer’s block. I have a sufficient number of parallel writing projects in the works, that when I stall on one, I shift to the other. In my case, I currently have a daily blog, two non-fiction projects, and one fiction project, which has allowed...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy
In regards to the Mind-Body Problem (the most difficult problem in philosophy?) I read that of over 900 philosophy professors polled, 56.5% leaned towards physicalism, whereas 27.1% leaned towards dualism. The balance was “other.” (Philosophy of Mind-The Basics, Amy...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Goals, Politics, Social Media, Social Media Ethics
Creating an international economic and political solution to global warming is difficult—perhaps the most difficult problem humanity has ever faced. Mocking the people who are trying to do this in a speech by saying blah, blah, blah is easy—but infantile and...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy
Some books, such as Chalmers’ Philosophy of Mind, are big books, rich and complex, with difficult conceptual terrain that requires months to navigate. For these big books, little books, such as Kind’s Philosophy of Mind, can make excellent pre-reading as a theory...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy
Many people criticize the efforts by various commercial enterprises developing different approaches for going into space. They say these are just the ego fulfillment of the “billionaire boys club”—a clear demonstration of equity imbalance. If you see these efforts...
