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Category Archives: Science
A first for Scientific American: endorsing a political candidate.
Originally posted on Bobbing Around:
“We’ve never backed a presidential candidate in our 175-year history — until now” This editorial from one of the world’s most respected journals is worth reading. Regardless of other matters that may influence your vote,…
The illusion of free will
First, watch this: Having watched it, you may now have an idea what the ‘many worlds’ hypothesis is about. Focusing on the Schrödinger’s Cat example: when the box is opened, the universe splits into two; one in which the cat … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, consciousness, Core thought, illusion, Phlyarology, Science
Tagged consciousness, fate, free will, illusion, quantum physics
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Planet of The Idiots: a lecture by Carl Sagan
Disclaimer: this lecture is actually entitled ‘The Age of Exploration’, but I think my title is more appropriate. Let’s make a planet in which nobody is starving. Let’s make a planet in which men and women have equal access to … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Core thought, Education, History, Phlyarology, Science, Tributes
Tagged Anthropocentrism, Carl Sagan, chauvinism, conceit, homo fatuus brutus
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A deep (very deep!) Mandelbrot set
This amazing five minute video illustrates the Mandelbrot set; an infinite geometric figure (a fractal). Obviously the video doesn’t delve into the entire set — if it were to do that, it would take a bit longer to watch than … Continue reading
Winners create history
Those who cannot learn from history are destined to repeat it. (– various attributions) Great quote. But learning from the past can be tricky… While thumbing through a copy of New Scientist I came across a reference to a German … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Computers and Internet, Education, memetics, People, Phlyarology, Science
Tagged Colossus, ENIAC, Flowers, Turing, WWII, Z3, Zuse
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Exploring the deep and beyond for Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day, folks! Today is special, as it marks the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day. To celebrate this event, I want to point you to a couple of thingies… Recently, Kavita Ramial introduced me to a deep dive (10 … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, Education, Environment, Science
Tagged DON'T PANIC, Douglas Adams, Earth, Earth Day, sea, Space, Starstuff, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Vangelis
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The case for optimism on climate change
March, 2016: This video may be four years old, but it still shows promise…. (25 mins) November, 2018: Trump is on the scene now — but can he stop a steamroller? (6 mins) April 2020: Coronavirus and climate change (51 … Continue reading
This is NOT natural
Originally posted on Open Mind:
This graph should be on every billboard in the U.S. Paleo from PAGES2K: https://figshare.com/collections/Global_mean_temperature_reconstructions_over_the_Common_Era/4507043 combined with the surface temperature from Cowtan & Way http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~kdc3/papers/coverage2013/had4_krig_std.temp
What Big Oil knew about climate change
This fifteen minute video details what the oil industry has known, for decades, about how its activities would affect the planet — and what they did about it. Their activities were profoundly successful, as evidenced by the multitudes who are, … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Business, Climate, Communication, Core thought, Economics, Energy, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, memetics, People, Phlyarology, Science
Tagged deniers, Exxon
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What you believe can affect your appetite
I learnt a new word today: ‘ghrelin‘. It’s a hormone produced by the stomach that regulates hunger. If you have more ghrelin in your system, you’ll tend to feel hungry; if you have less of it, then you’ll tend to … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Education, Health, illusion, Phlyarology, Science
Tagged belief, choice, ghrelin, hunger, perception, weight gain
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