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: 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…
How to Grow a Professional Identity: Philosophical Gardening in the Field of Medical Education Mario Veen and Anne de la Croix Originally published in Perspectives on Medical Education 12(1), 12–19 (2023), under a CC BY 4.0 licence. DOI: 10.5334/pme.367 Abstract In this philosophical reflection, we – following the philosopher Heidegger – introduce two farmers who…
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…
The Reflective Zombie: Problematizing the Conceptual Framework of Reflection in Medical Education Anne de la Croix and Mario Veen Originally published in Perspectives on Medical Education 7(6), 394–400 (2018), under a CC BY 4.0 licence. DOI: 10.1007/s40037-018-0479-9 Abstract Reflection is an ambiguous and profoundly complex human activity. We celebrate the developments in teaching and researching…
What is a Metaphysical Experience? Commitment and Contemporaneity in Cultural Analysis Mario Veen Originally written in 2005 as a Master’s thesis. Lightly edited to correct typographical errors and garbled characters; otherwise unrevised. It seems to me that almost all our sadnesses are moments of tension, which we feel as paralysis because we no longer hear…
Provide Freedom. That’s the principal objective of the NS-5. […] With the NS-5 at your side 24/7 you’ll have more free time for hobbies, recreation, friends, and most important family. […] The NS-5 is not another household application; it is a member of the family. […] Its ability to maneuver any type of terrain (from sand to concrete), lift weights of up to 800 pounds, and even bake a tuna casserole, put its capabilities far beyond those of current robot technology. […]
Leather-Bound Edition How To Become a Word Mario Veen Originally written in 2004. Introduction Imagine a painter, a biologist, a linguist, and an economist together in the same room, invited to gather around a rose and make it into an object of study. The painter would probably start mixing his paint until, to his astonishment,…