Who Are You? – Part 1

Some of us wake up in the morning buzzing with delight, while others bemoan the moment and wish they could just sleep in. Some people prefer to write their work on paper, while others make the decision to type away. And even when we are very much like other people, there are many subtle differences [...]

The Straightforward Oxymoron

Today’s The Seeker feature article looks at the weird world of oxymorons in language. Its one thing to have organic fruits and vegetables, clean coal and absolute uncertainty, but how did these things ever come about anyway, why do we choose to use oxymorons compared with more linguistically straightforward language, and what does this tell [...]

The Heinz Dilemma – Morality and Ethics Under the Nanoscope

In today’s issue of The Seeker, I’m going to be looking at an age old problem called the Heinz Dilemma. Here’s the original problem.
“A woman was near death from cancer. One drug might save her, a form of radium that a druggist in the same town had recently discovered. The druggist was charging $2,000.00, ten [...]

If You Believe In Something

The latest edition of the Seeker looks at a quote that we had in class, “If you believe in something, you must just think or talk or write, but must act”. Without giving too much away (you need to read the article), I began by remembering the quote from the ToK syllabus booklet and found [...]