Month: July 2014
“The Clockwork Universe” 17th Century Science Ushers in Our Modern World
“The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society and the Birth of the Modern World” by Edward Dolnick. I love this book at a dozen levels, I’ll just relay a Continue Reading →
When is a Religion Not a Religion? “Never.”
From dictionary.com: re·li·gion [ri-lij-uhn] noun 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or Continue Reading →
The Lama, Buddhism, and “Enlightenment” part two: “Enlightened?”
So keeping the two wholly separate and orthogonal senses of “enlightenment” in mind from the previous post: the New Enlightenment public advance of knowledge of the reality we find ourselves Continue Reading →
The Lama, Buddhism, and “Enlightenment” part one: “On Enlightenment”
The first “enlightenment” image is entitled “Gathering Wisdom” and the second “Beyond Belief” conveys the opposite and modern era sense of the word “enlightenment“. In the first, meditating, stopping thoughts, Continue Reading →
Random Images, Blatant Absurdity
So just Google or Yahoo images of “Christian Absurdity” and look at what you get. I selected a few classics and added a few I already had on file in Continue Reading →
Phil Plait: Bad Astronomy. Add It to Your Favs and Get Educated
If you are interested in astronomy, climate science, science education, NASA, space travel, etc. and US policy and politics on such matters check in on Phil Plait‘s science blog Bad Continue Reading →