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Category Archives: Science
The Absurd Search For Dark Matter
Derek Muller: I am at a gold mine a couple of hours outside of Melbourne because one kilometre underground they are putting in a detector to look for Dark Matter. Let’s go. It’s going to take 30 minutes to go … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Core thought, Phlyarology, Science
Tagged DAMA/LIBRA, Dark Matter, Dunkle Materie, Fritz Zwicky, gravity, Kent Ford, Vera Rubin, Veritasium
11 Comments
The implausible green star hunter
None of us will ever forget the day we saw it. Though we may live to regret having done so. We weren’t looking for it, as such – naturally not: why would one deliberately try to find something that can’t … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Fantasy, Flash fiction, People, Science, Science Fiction
Tagged aliens, astronomy, David Kipping, green, green star, Kermit, little green men, technosignature, transcription
10 Comments
Experience the numinous total solar eclipse
The Sun is 400 times the size of the Moon. It is also 400 times farther away — so both Sun and Moon appear to be the same size. It hasn’t always been this way; the Moon is moving away … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Core thought, Phlyarology, Science
Tagged anthropic principle, anthropism, Baily's Beads, coincidence, eclipse, Great American Eclipse, moon, Rare Earth, sun
13 Comments
Veritasium on the biggest myth in education
“When we already believe the world to be a certain way, then we interpret new experiences to fit with those beliefs, whether they actually do or not.” Thus spake Veritasium Veritasium: This video is about learning styles. What kind of … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Core thought, Education, perception, Science
Tagged auditory, debunking, education, kinesthetic, learning, myth, reading, VARK, visual
18 Comments
The Koala Conspiracy
Originally posted on Adaptive Diversity:
Do marsupials even exist? The word of the year for 2016 is officially “post-truth.” It seems a lot of folks just don’t care very much for facts. Instead, they form beliefs based on subjective feelings…
Posted in balance, Communication, Core thought, GCD: Global climate disruption, perception, Reblogs, Science, Strategy
Tagged Alternative Facts, belief, cognition, post-truth, truth
11 Comments
Wax off! (A lunar epiphany)
A couple of years ago, I had a minor epiphany about the Moon. I wrote a post about it at the time, called ‘How to tell at a glance if the Moon is waxing or waning‘. Since then, when I’ve seen … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Education, memetics, Science
Tagged moon, waning, wax off, Wax on, waxing
17 Comments
From 1985: Warnings from Carl Sagan and Al Gore (Take Two)
Climate deniers will have a hard time explaining these to their grandchildren, the kids who are now woke to the disasters they’ve been served by blindness and greed. Astounding find by climatestate. Source: Climate Denial Crock of the Week I … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Biodiversity, Climate, Core thought, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Reblogs, Science
Tagged AGW, Al Gore, Carl Sagan, climate change, cognitive dissonance
15 Comments
One has to acknowledge that a box exists before being able to think outside it
Paul Handover of ‘Learning from Dogs’ pointed me to this important interview the other day. It stumbles and rambles a bit, but some interesting points are made, especially towards the end where the idea is raised that academia has been … Continue reading
On Earth Day, please choose to NOT cremate yourself
Happy Earth Day 2021! World ‘leaders’ are meeting today and tomorrow for US President Biden’s ‘Leaders Summit on Climate‘. And there are several other ‘summits’ taking place to discuss this topic throughout the coming months, including the UK-hosted COP26 in … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Climate, Core thought, Education, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, memetics, Phlyarology, Science, Strategy
Tagged burial, cremation, environmental impact, funeral
16 Comments
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,…