BOOK REVIEWS (ACRHIVES): The Science Delusion is Rupert Sheldrake’s latest book. I found this book to be an excellent and very readable presentation of some of the problems facing frontier science. All in all it is a great read. It’s a definite five stars in my book. Let me begin with the only major criticism I…
BOOK REVIEWS (ARCHIVES): Lawrence LeShan’s A New Science of the Paranormal is a very readable and excellent tome, which seeks to address the way forward for research into the paranormal and fringe areas of consciousness research. Lawrence LeShan is a veteran researcher in the field, and at just 125 pages, this book makes for a…
POPULAR: Here is a little compilation of some public talks, interviews and videos I have done in recent times. I hope you enjoy them. (If you are interested in inviting me for public talks and interviews, me, Marcus: mindfutures-at-gmail-dot-com). Enjoy! Marcus Video Presentations “Cosmos,Psyche and Our Brilliant Futures.” Talk given at the March…
Welcome to your new future… What if everything you had ever written or entered on the internet became instantly accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime? If a psychiatrist could peer into the mind of his patient, what would he find there? How would a scientist who is about to re-animate Einstein’s mind on a computer feel?…
ACADEMIC ARTICLES: This conceptual paper expands upon the concept of Deep Futures (DF), as introduced in a previous volume of Foresight. It shall be argued that Deep Futures is part of the emerging discipline of Postconventional Futures Studies (PFS) Title: Deepening Russian Futures (Deep Futures, part 2) Journal: Foresight (Russia – translated into Russian) Date: Upcoming, late 2012 Paper…
SCIENCE/SKEPTICISM. I originally found this video on blogger Jime’s Subversive Thinking blog (http://subversivethinking.blogspot.com.au). It’s a video of biologist Richard Dawkins engaging in open debate about the origins of the universe. And what could be more important in regard to the foundations of our knowledge than the question: “How did the universe come from nothing?” Whatever…
ACADEMIC ARTICLE: In this paper I examine three textual mythologies regarding China’s evolving present. These are an Orwellian world of covert and overt state control; a Brave New World dystopia where the spirit of the people is subsumed in hedonistic distractions; and finally I assess the progress towards the official vision of the current Beijing…
MARCUS T ANTHONY’S BOOKS: This 24 000 word booklet tells you everything you need to know about how to write your dream dissertation by tapping into your natural intuitive intelligence – and being deeply inspired! The author, Marcus T Anthony shares with you the five intuitive tools he used to complete a PhD dissertation, publish…
ACADEMIC. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a Futures tool developed by Marcus Anthony called Harmonic Circles. There is a description of the tool itself, and its purposes. An example from the author’s own research is used to demonstrate one potential way of implementing Harmonic Circles. Some appropriate and inappropriate applications of Harmonic…