For thousands of years, humanity has been pulled between two opposing paradigms. Where one paradigm recognizes the moral reason built into the fabric of the universe itself as well as human nature, the other outlook asserts that the universe is governed by cold utilitarianism devoid of moral virtue. One promotes systems fit for free people…
Category: Science history
Islamic Roots and al-Khwarizmi’s Algebra
On Sunday June 25, 2023 The Rising Tide Foundation hosted a lecture on universal history and science titled ‘Islamic Roots and al-Khwarizi’s Algebra’. In this lecture, professors Pascal Chevrier and Kevin Champagne introduced the contours of history that shaped the islamic renaissance and which was in turn shaped by this renaissance movement. Special focus was…
Reviving the Lost Art of Pythagorean Thinking [RTF Lecture]
In this final presentation of the Rising Tide Foundation symposium ‘The Earth’s Next 100 Years’, Matthew Ehret introduces a potent method of thinking embodied in the figures of Plato, Pythagoras and Timaeus of Locri in Ancient Greece. We trace the work of Pythagorean thinking from the famous Timaeus dialogue, which introduced a rigorous hypothesis of…
Kepler’s Platonic Revolution – A new workshop series begins
On May 3, 2023 The Rising Tide Foundation weekly study group began to work through the metaphysics of the astronomer Johannes Kepler by beginning book 4 of his Harmonies of the World (downloadable here) which saw Kepler introduce his devotion to the Platonic method that lay at the heart of his revolutionary discoveries. As we learned…
Vernadsky and the Directionality of Progress (Towards a Science of Humane Development)
In this Rising Tide Foundation lecture, Sam Labrier introduces the discoveries of some of the most important thinkers of recent history whose insights into the structure of reality provide the greatest answers to the questions: Is there a directionality in the universe? Does order govern chaos or visa versa and is there a scientific law…
Marie Curie and the Women who Discovered Atomic Physics
In this Rising Tide Foundation lecture, Magdalena Therrien tells the true story of the incredible women who discovered atomic physics starting with Madame Marie Curie who overcame insurmountable odds to find herself among the greatest minds in science which history has ever seen. Along her path, Marie Curie broke through several glass ceilings (or Iron…
Will The Turkish Earthquake Unleash Science From The Shackles Of The Statisticians?
By Matthew Ehret “Can we forecast earthquakes? No. Neither the United States Geology Survey (USGS) nor any other scientists have ever predicted a major earthquake. We do not know how, and we do not expect to know how any time in the foreseeable future.” -United States Geology Survey website On the morning of February 6, 2023…
The Coming Revolutions In Science Driven By The Chinese-Russian Alliance
A new set of revolutions in science is underway, driven by Russia and China’s alliance and most people have no clue. China recently announced that one of the largest cosmic radiation observatories will become functional by the end of 2019. This observatory, that will give humanity greater insight into the history of our universe is located in…