I love Emerson, but I don’t get this at all. Is there anything amusing about any of the world religions that existed a generation (or many) ago? Were the people of the Renaissance amused by the Spanish Inquisition? Are you …
Category: Renewables – Science
Breakthrough in Cell Biology
We all know that the basic unit of life is the cell, but have you ever wondered how these tiny cells arrange themselves so as to form our bodies into a particular shape? Why do we have any shape at …
The Existence of God
I wouldn’t say that the burden of proof lies on religion. No one knows how the universe got here. The Big Bang was an event in which there was no chaos, no “entropy,” as we say in thermodynamics. How did …
Dr. Brian Cox
As previously mentioned, it’s good to see the rising popularity of astrophysicist Dr. Brian Cox. In this video, he explains that life on Earth is about 4 billion years old, but for the first 3 billion, there was nothing more …
Know Your “Isms”
I present the chart at left, though I do so without any belief that it will change anyone’s thinking. As dozens of the world’s great thinkers have said over the centuries, Don’t expect that reason will have any effect on …
Brian Cox, PhD
It’s always encouraging to see the emergence of another brilliant astrophysicist into our culture — not that his message here is particularly encouraging.
Metaphysics
Here’s a very short video on the subject of metaphysics, the philosophy of being and reality. It’s a great example of what I mean when I say that it has been a terrible last few centuries for philosophers. In ancient …
Original Opinions
I’ll be the first to admit that most of what readers come across here is not my original thinking. That said, people who are loud, rich or popular don’t impress me. If I’m going to talk to you about wind, …
Maybe Firing All Those Scientists Wasn’t Such a Good Idea
Actually, it wouldn’t have required a PhD in chemistry to predict what would happen to a large pool of untreated fresh water during a hot summer in our nation’s capital.
Rejection of Science Comes at a Cost
As the U.S. crawls further into the woods of anti-vaxxers and other conspiracy theorists, everyone living here encounters a variety of threats.
