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The Socialism Paradox

I find myself fascinated how similar people, with similar values, can feel so differently about social engineering.  This comes out in political discourse, and certainly is a hot topic today, with those more in favor of socialism, which I’ll refe ...

Blog Post - James Hawkins - Sep 9 2024 - 1:33pm - 0 attachments

Weekend Science: The Physics Of Smoking A Pipe

If you're one of those cultural mullahs who thinks smoking causes lung cancer - even a cigar or a pipe - you can stop reading.  This article is not for you.   I have never smoked a cigarette in my life but gradual efforts by the modern temperanc ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 28 2024 - 12:35pm - 0 attachments

Evolutionary Psychology Can't Be Wrong, Says Evolutionary Psychologist

If a crime occurs, asking the criminal what happened is unlikely to give you the most accurate picture of events.  This is why police interview the victim first.    So an evolutionary psychologist outlining how great evolutionary psychology ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Dec 14 2023 - 10:58am - 0 attachments

How To Keep Earth Safe - Samples From Mars Sterilized Or Returned To Above Geostationary Orbit - Op Ed

... microclimates. "Life as we know it needs liquid water to survive. While the new study interprets Curiosity's results to show ... Debate When you look at what is involved, and then bear in mind how even a simple change in the law can often take ten years by ...

Article - Robert Walker - Jun 16 2023 - 3:03pm - 0 attachments

Will First Mars Astronauts Stay In Orbit - Tele-operating Sterile Rovers - To Protect Earth And Mars From Colliding Biospheres?

... just a decade ago. There may well be thin layers of salty water that Earth life could live in, just a couple of centimeters below the ... sound like a plot-line for a science fiction movie. But do bear in mind, astronauts landing on Mars sound like science fiction too. ...

Article - Robert Walker - May 1 2021 - 1:50pm - 0 attachments

Will Anyone Ever Own Their Own Land In Space - And May We Get Wars In Space In The Future?

... or sites that are easy to inhabit). In places where water is rare, ice deposits may be of value. Caves may be of value as they are ... Article VI States Parties to the Treaty shall bear international responsibility for national activities in outer space, ...

Article - Robert Walker - Feb 3 2021 - 9:49pm - 0 attachments

Will We Build Colonies That Float Over Venus Like Buckminster Fuller's "Cloud Nine"?

... you have to do for Mars. 5. It also has a fair bit of water vapour, enough for the cloud cities to use . Unfortunately at the cloud ... for humanity in our solar system. We should however bear in mind that there have been almost no peer reviewed studies of this, just ...

Article - Robert Walker - Sep 14 2020 - 2:07pm - 0 attachments

Alice In Wonderland Sanctioning In Wikipedia - Blocked For Covering NASA's Science Goal To Search For Habitats For Life On Mars‽

... what could just possibly be habitable droplets of salty water on its legs soon after landing, to the great surprise of astrobiologists. ... of Wikipedia guidelines and policies) Please bear in mind, although I have been on Wikipedia a fair bit over the last few ...

Article - Robert Walker - Jun 9 2020 - 8:40am - 0 attachments

Subsidized Solar Energy - Let's Not Buy Any More Magic Rocks

... you aren't familiar with them, are crystals that grow in water. They were invented in 1940 and are a clever novelty still sold in stores ... and daughter Lisa. HOMER: Well, there's not a bear in sight. The Bear Patrol must be working like a charm. LISA: That's ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 24 2020 - 2:48pm - 0 attachments

Magic Rocks: Wellness Approach Cures Brain Cancer - If You Never Had Brain Cancer

... "Much Apu About Nothing" HOMER: Well, there's not a bear in sight. The Bear Patrol must be working like a charm. LISA: That's ... diet.  And then came Belle, who did it with lemon and water. Her app downloads skyrocketed , her book sold. There was just one ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 24 2020 - 2:46pm - 0 attachments