Random Thoughts

In physics the truth is rarely perfectly clear, and that is certainly universally the case in human affairs. Hence, what is not surrounded by uncertainty cannot be the truth. - Richard Feynman,…

Ahh, the annual list that makes you feel old, and makes you nostalgic for the good old days of the late 1990s when cell phones were still non-ubiquitous. The Beloit College Mindset List is a list of…

The goal of a world where body weight was not cause for discrimination or denigration is a nobel one, but at what cost?  In the zero sum game point of view some activist have it seems that for…

Observation is the generative act in scientific discovery. For all its aberrations, the evidence of the senses is essentially to be relied upon--provided we observe nature as a child does, without…

If the labours of men of Science should ever create any material revolution, direct or indirect, in our condition, and in the impressions which we  habitually receive, the Poet will sleep then…

Enough. I have lost to hyperspace too many paragraphs of my scribblings -here, as well as elsewhere- and I cannot stand it anymore. I need your help. I write on a SONY VAIO laptop, with an English…

Tangential Science: it's not necessarily science, but it's still funny. 1.  You've all heard that blondes have more fun.   There is even a recurring urban legend that they are becoming…

Tangential Science: it's not necessarily science, but it's still funny. 1.  Greek fire ain't what it used to be.  If you're a student of history, you know that Greek fire  (πῦρ…

I've noticed that my readership numbers are lower in summer, often only half as much as usual.  Bearing in mind I only launched in Spring, there was a noticeable drop as we hit (especially) July…

Take note - the world will come to an end in November. It will probably look somewhat like this: Anyway, it's too bad we won't make it to 2012 to see if the Mayans were right, but I really don't…