Another now not-so-rare Impromptu Essay
7:40 PM Sept 15. Writing outside by candlelite, sun went down 1/2 hr ago and the moon is damn near full, missing a sliver of illumination on its left side. Continue Reading →
7:40 PM Sept 15. Writing outside by candlelite, sun went down 1/2 hr ago and the moon is damn near full, missing a sliver of illumination on its left side. Continue Reading →
Jamie Wheal, author, co-founder of Flow Genome Project (more on that later) and defender of the “faith” – however New Agey and psychedelic his leanings. I disagreed with this guy Continue Reading →
Yuval Noah Harari: NYT Bestselling Israeli historian. Pof. Harari writes some interesting books about humans: popular and entertaining chronicles of our history and possible future. As a PhD and Professor Continue Reading →
Modern day hunter-gatherers from Southern Africa. An AEON article How Trance States Forged Human Society Through Transcendence explores the ideas of Robin Dunbar, a noted anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist with Continue Reading →
The physicist David Deutsch. I learn something each time I listen to this guy-its ridiculous. His writings and presentations really exemplify and explicate the SSP-Secular Scientific Perspective, especially with regards Continue Reading →
The End of Science (1996) -by the science journalist John Horgan. Mr. Horgan, reflecting on his controversial characterization of the state of modern science, 20 years later from its first Continue Reading →
The map above shows the US states color coded by COVID infection rate per 100,000 residents as of early March 2021. The darkest purple states: So. Dakota, No. Dakota, and Continue Reading →
I’ve blogged numerous times on the apparent inevitability of liberal progressive ideas eventually overcoming the undying resistance of Conservatism: here, Here, and HERE…and there are 1/2 dozen more blogs on Continue Reading →
Kids explore, Kids build, Kids figure out how stuff “works”. It’s built-in, innate. Nobody teaches them to zoom across the living room floor to get into…everything. And then start touching, Continue Reading →
Dallas sportscaster Dale Hansen supporting the kids from Parkland pushing for gun control. Its an excellent commentary, 4 minutes, do watch it. It is rather refreshing to see another old Continue Reading →