Sun - August 14, 2005
Transcendent Values
"I believe that imagination is stronger than
knowledge, that myth is more potent than history, that dreams are more powerful
than facts, that hope always triumphs over experience, that laughter is the only
cure for grief, that love is stronger than death."
Posted at 06:58 p.m. Read More | |
Sat - June 4, 2005
Voyager at the edge of the Solar System
Just as it has begun to achieve its final goal to
be the first human artifact to leave the solar system and enter interstellar
space, Voyager, along with several other operating NASA missions, has been
budgeted for termination of operations next year.
Posted at 10:06 a.m. Read More | |
On the Seat of the Soul
As digital technology begins to approach the
information density of DNA, individuals will record their entire lifetime
experience and pass that down to their descendants, along with their written
interpretations of it and their learned lessons.
Posted at 09:40 a.m. Read More | |
Mon - March 21, 2005
One Planet, One People
Coon posed the entirety of human history as
cultural evolution, with expansion of "us", and corresponding reduction of
"them", beginning with the individual and nuclear family, gradually extending to
the tribe, the neighborhood, the parish, the city, the feifdom, the state, and
the nation.
Posted at 10:01 p.m. Read More | |
Tue - February 8, 2005
Determinism, Statistics, and Free Will
On the other hand, a "free will" advocate might
take an interest in understanding and prediction, and would seek to anticipate
the future and solve potential problems before they occur, rather than simply
reacting to the past.
Posted at 09:46 p.m. Read More | |
Sat - January 1, 2005
Anniversary of Rovers on Mars
“This planet needs our shovels’ bite
And treadmarks in the dust To tell if life and hematite Pervade its arid
crust.”
Posted at 10:29 a.m. Read More | |
Fri - December 31, 2004
Seeking the Hand of God in the Waters
It's reminiscent of the Susan Sontag obituaries,
with reference to her book, "Illness as Metaphor", where she argued that
sickness (like disaster) is simply a fact of life and in no way a divine
judgment of the sufferer.
Posted at 08:54 a.m. Read More | |
Randomness and Order
If one makes a sound wave out of a string of
random numbers, it sounds like hiss or "white noise", a reference to a flat
spectrum with a mix of all sound frequencies.
Posted at 08:45 a.m. Read More | |
Tue - December 21, 2004
'Twas the Night Before Anything
Helium, hydrogen, the mountains and seas, The
chicken, the egg, the birds and the bees, Yesterday's newspaper, tomorrow's
burnt toast, Protons and neutrons, your grandma's pork roast.
Posted at 08:36 p.m. Read More | |
Sun - November 21, 2004
Apollo 18
The dose was high enough that astronauts exposed
on the surface of the moon were severely incapacitated and unable to
successfully return to the command module, which then was forced to return home
without them.
Posted at 08:35 p.m. Read More | |
Sun - November 14, 2004
The NASA Exploration Vision and Initiative
This category will include much of astrophysics,
much of Earth Science, extraneous aspects of Solar System Exploration, and the
quest for an understanding of our origins, evolution over the life of the Sun,
and our destiny.
Posted at 05:29 p.m. Read More | |
Sat - November 13, 2004
Bipartisan Activities to Expand the Center
Ten things Democrats and Republicans can do to
cooperate:
Posted at 04:53 p.m. Read More | |
Things you have to believe to be a Democrat today
Note: the full text is: "A well regulated
militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the
people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
Posted at 04:36 p.m. Read More | |
Things you have to believe to be a Republican today
Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a
bad guy when Bush’s daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney did
business with him and a bad guy when Bush needed a “we can’t find
Bin Laden” diversion.
Posted at 04:21 p.m. Read More | |
Everyday Pro-Health Engineered Ethics
Since we do not allow individual discretion in
judgment calls involving life trades, there appears no ethical basis for
granting individual rights to lethal weapons, unless on a controlled basis, for
hunting or other unusual self-defensive reasons.
Posted at 02:05 p.m. Read More | |
Tue - November 9, 2004
If Engineers Designed Ethical Systems
When unethical behavior on the part of some agent
threatens the life, health, or welfare of living things, ostensibly unethical
behavior necessary to prevent this shall become ethical to the degree that it
prevents more harm to living things than it requires.
Posted at 07:45 p.m. Read More | |
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