Virtual driving picks up where virtual learning ends. It's all so suffocating. How do astronauts and submariners survive their cramped isolation?
Bugs as Drugs
flip.it/nZrRhM Viruses are commonly thought of as a threat to life. However, there are ways in which they protect it. There is wisdom in this. Cancer (rapid propagation of cells that have reached a state of decline) is cellular overpopulation that takes up resources and crowds out the young and healthy segments of that population.… Continue reading Bugs as Drugs
Is there not consensus that wood and wristwatches do not mix without causing offense?
Nunes Should Have Been Called to Testify
God Bless America
Jennifer Williams and Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman take the oath before testifying during the House Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday. Watching our civil servants testify before Congress has given me hope; not talking here about the political appointees. The c-suite may be a shambles but there are still good people doing the work. Time for… Continue reading God Bless America
The Quantum Universe is Probabilities
....until it is observed by a consciousness that fixes it to one potential state. This is what science has been telling us, coming up on a century now, is happening at the quantum level where particles carry superpositions (e.g. existing in two different places at the same “time”) that are eliminated yielding a single position… Continue reading The Quantum Universe is Probabilities
House of Cards Comes Crashing Down
Such a Rich Soup
There is unexpectedly a lot to be gleaned from this short amateur biography. If you just persevere past the initial scenes of her making a cake with the finesse of a slaughter-house butcher, you'll make your way to her incongruous youth and an assortment of creepy characters reminiscing about her lascivious role in a famous… Continue reading Such a Rich Soup
Ways of Knowing the Other
A Man Can Only Glass Half Full for so Long
I've been trying very hard to focus more on the aspirational aspects of the human experience and less on those that instigate disdain and scorn. Unfortunately my attention can no longer discern the former amid the loud shrill cry of the latter. It emanates from everywhere these days and each jarring instance is replicated through… Continue reading A Man Can Only Glass Half Full for so Long








