Some time ago I watched a show on TV. It dealt with eating disorders among a group of teenage girls confined in a treatment center 'for their own good', which actually meant for the good of the sanity of their parents. These were girls who not only had eating disorders but exhibited uncontrolled anti-social behaviouirs; who 'self-harmed' on a regular basis; who could not manage their own lives and refused to be managed by others - except when incarcerated, when choice had been removed from th...

Science, by which I mean that episteme which states that the rational method is the sole arbiter of truth, denies Death. It denies to Death that supremacy which has been accorded to It by every previous culture in human existence. Rather than viewing Death as an ineluctable Power that cannot be defeated, it views Death as an equal adversary with which it is in contention. Medical Science wiews Death as an enemy that can be defeated. First, aging must be deferred indefinitely. Secondly, the ...

A disclaimer for the dense: I use the word 'Man' in its general and now much derided sense of humanity generally. The term 'humanity generally' includes the female members of the human race - in other words, in my usage 'Man' includes woman. This is an old way of writing and is no longer considered to be politically correct. I don't care. I don't care if you care. When used in the sense of 'humanity generally' that's how the word 'Man' is to be understood while you read this essay. If you f...