Global Weirding in Plato’s Cave

Global Weirding in Plato’s Cave Mario Veen Originally published on Substack, 4 March 2025. In 2021, I interviewed Professor of Theoretical Astronomy Vincent Icke about physics for my podcast Life From Plato’s Cave. He said something that got me thinking. I started a question saying that quantum physics is weird. He replied, “Yes, but not…

Earthucation

Earthucation: Using Interdisciplinary Philosophy, Education, and Science Communication to Understand the Climate Crisis Mario Veen Originally published on Future Based, 30 January 2023. We live at a peculiar time, not just in human history, but in the history of Earth. Humans now play a large role in determining their future and part of the future…

Knowledge, Skills and Beetles

Knowledge, Skills and Beetles: Respecting the Privacy of Private Experiences in Medical Education Mario Veen, John Skelton and Anne de la Croix Originally published in Perspectives on Medical Education 9(2), 111–116 (2020), under a CC BY 4.0 licence. DOI: 10.1007/s40037-020-00565-5 Abstract In medical education, we assess knowledge, skills, and a third category usually called values…