Science
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A Scientist Has Confirmed That Humans Have No Free Will This was in Popular Mechanics; you can read the story here. To be fair to the magazine, the tone of the article hints that the writer doesn't take the "findings" of the scientist altogether seriously. And he gives the last word to another scientist who
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There is a lot to say for the scientific method, but in the social sciences it is often little more than a magical trick: the ritualistic application of statistics to poor data measured by imaginary instruments. Author unknown, found on a sheet of paper in my files, in quotation marks so apparently not my words.
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Our new house is on the water, and I now have the privilege of watching the sun set over Mobile Bay every evening. I was doing so one day a week or so ago, standing on the front porch. I only caught the last moments before the sun went below the horizon, but frequently that's
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Which is more likely, that you will be killed by lightning or that you will be killed by an asteroid striking the earth? As you have no doubt guessed, it’s something of a trick question, with the obvious answer being wrong. It has to do with the probability of the event compared to the probability
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Finland's Greens Now Fully Behind Nuclear Power I don't think I've ever written a post about climate change here. I don't post all that much about political and social issues anyway, but still, it's mildly surprising that in all the years (eighteen!) I've had this blog I've never written a post specifically about it, considering
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From an anonymous commenter at Neoneocon's blog: Multiple universes is the physicist’s version of stacking turtles on the backs of turtles. See this if you don't get the turtle reference–of course "turtles all the way down" has a Wikipedia entry. And see this for a Wikipedia tour of various multiple universe theories. I've never understood
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This was mentioned in a weekly Friday Reflection from Touchstone. I had no idea the search had begun so early: It began in concept as early as 1896 when Nikola Tesla suggested wireless electrical transmission to contact Martians. In 1899, he thought he had detected a signal from Mars—so he was listening. In 1924, an
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"You should drive to where there more Bar". I don't know how to tag this. Philosophy? Religion? What Is Actually Happening? Travel? Oh wait, there's a Food and Drink tag, which I have very rarely used.
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…people would stop saying "science" when they mean "research," presumably scientific research. As in "The science shows that…"
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Well. I don't really know what to make of this, and am not at all sure I should recommend it to others. But I think I will anyway. Because, whatever my reservations, I was thoroughly fascinated by it. One big warning, though: the story does not end, just as it did not end with series
Light On Dark Water 