I have always been really cued into the public discussions that include a lot of opinion versus fact, etc. I am a huge skeptic, and big “science can save us from ourselves” guy. I am certainly not aggro (more…)
Spoiler* – Visual metaphors and allegorical subtext within Gravity, with a smattering of science questions!
I felt the story was more about the earth, & this human moment in time, more than just the astronauts’ experience. More about our collective human condition – doomed in peril in space, doomed to die on earth, and coping with that in a way that compels us to survive.
“willful ignorance has become a litmus test for candidates” – Paul Krugman, re: Anti-Science mentality of the GOP & Republican Party
THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT NOT TO POST ABOUT – Read this Paul Krugman article please “So it’s now highly likely that the presidential candidate of one of our two major political parties will either be (more…)
A new California Political Party? The Party of Science & Reason
I am starting a new political party. Science&Reason – mandates and political objectives based off rational logic, the scientific method, and available data which will influence discourse and set policy (more…)
Someone asked “What is Knowing?” so I drooled rambled thoughts at a heartless, uncaring plasticc coated machine
Those claiming awareness are typically confused, or selling something.
Random missives – Philosophy of suicide, meaning of deep conversations, & Medical Technical Genius
Absurdity & Suicide – From Camus “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental (more…)
XKCD makes people happy.
I will tell you..I’m about to. So I was wearing that “Science: it works bitches!” Tshirt tonight at the gym”. It’s funny, but true. The back is a graph of the results from the COBE mission. From (more…)
SCIENCE IS BACK BITCHES!!!!!!! Obama’s Humanist Agenda!!!!! (Plus Pelosi’s SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE!!!!)
Mark my words – today was one of the most important days in the history of science, humanism, and non belief in regards to politics and science’s “rightful place” in our society. It was truly momentous. ——– Reprint (more…)
SCIENCE! And some thoughts on popscience like The Secret, or What the Bleep.
I had a conversation with a guy that was talking about the metaphysical side Chaos Theory, IE *total bullshit*. Saying more scientists don’t visit it, as it is unknowable. I mean.. who is this guy? (more…)