It is a very popular point of view nowadays that war is the ultimate evil of mankind and cannot be justified by anything. War is evil, war is hell, war should never happen. This pacifist rhetoric has, of course, very little to do with the reality. And reality is this – ...
Since long ago I have been thinking about good and bad features of modern higher education, and tried to imagine how the ideal higher educational institution, the ideal university should look like. Here I shall share some thoughts concerning this subject.
I have always been surprised by people describing love as a kind of disease, over which a human being has no power and which he simply catches, like cold. Isn’t it absurd to build the most important of your relations on mindless instinct that is in no way related to you...
Food is one of the things no biological organism can exist without, at least, not for a long time. In order to live, we have to eat; it is, however, very important not to make it the other way around and starting to live in order to eat. In this case, negligence towards l...
My attitude towards life has always been based on the gnawing realization of how short it is. Come to think of it, with the average life expectancy being from 50 to 70 years and so many accidental events that may shorten it even more, isn’t it frightening to think that ...
As the year 2012 draws closer, one can hear statements about the impending end of the world more and more often. It seems that the ancient Mayans, a South American nation that was surprisingly good at mathematics and astronomy, believed that the world is going to end in t...
What is a home? We all, of course, know that it is not simply a place of residence - not every place where you live may be considered to be your home, although it is always a good idea to try and turn it into one. But what is it then?
