I'm taking a course through OLLI-UTEP (see Progress Tracking, John, What's Up) on "Controversies in Science" and I'm offering at the next session 3 more topics for the class to discuss:
1. The Unconscious. Have psychologists given their acknowledgement to the existence of the unconscious, as proposed by Sigmund Freud? That's the area where repressed thoughts and experiences are theorized to be kept along with the many forgotten memories. The area is supposed to be accessed through conscious remembering hypnosis and dreaming. And what is this area's value to a functioning mind?
2. Is fear a motivating emotion? Are the Syrians on the move because they're so motivated? If so, how does that square with the New Testament's exhortation that the believer be not troubled--God is in charge! "Casting all your care on Him..."etc.
3. The radio program Coast to Coast, aired each nighttime across the country, has for years promulgated the view that aliens periodically land on earth, especially in Zone 51 in Arizona. Supposed specialists on the topic have even theorized that at the end of the Ice Age, aliens came with an advanced technology that has enabled civilization as we know it today to develop on the planet. Could science come up with a probability estimate as to the likelihood of such claims to be factually accurate?
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