Blogging… Dollar store philosophy 2. A peek at the opening of Plato’s Cave 2 Jan 2021January 2, 2021 In a previous post I very briefly expressed some thoughts about how close are mathematical models to actual reality, using the examples of a bird flock and a school of…
Biology… Dollar store philosophy 1. Is free will a matter of being a conscious outlier? 2 Jan 2021January 2, 2021 I am no philosopher, so you are forewarned. Also, I have no idea how logical this post is or whether this has been said before. Much has been written about…
Biochemistry… The Baldscientist Podcast – Episode 004 – A Question of Identity 27 Oct 2020October 27, 2020 Episode notes The main point of this episode is to explore the questions: “Who are you, exactly? Who am I, exactly?” I dedicate this episode to the memory of my…
Autism… Whining to God 27 Jan 2020October 16, 2020 I originally posted this on 2015, and somehow got erased from the system. Thankfully, I recovered an earlier draft and (I hope) improved upon it; it's been edited and expanded.…
Blogging… To model a flock of birds or a school of fish: The real thing? 10 Dec 2017October 9, 2020 *Note: This is an updated post from 2012... with a new twist ending 😊 ~ One of the most beautiful and awe-worthy shows in nature is to observe a school…
Blogging Did you know? 14 Aug 2015 What are you interested about? What gets your intellectual juices flowing? One of the best-known scientists ever, Francis Crick, of DNA fame, once came up with a deceptively simple method…
Blogging A matter of perspective – some updating 20 May 2015 A matter of perspective - some updating 5/20/15 I should be working on my next book, I know. Instead, I am thinking about reading. Lately, I have found that I…
Blogging Not quite about religion, maybe about belief 13 Jul 2014 As the title of this post says, this is not about religion, but maybe (actually pretty much) about belief. However, I will talk about "belief" in a general sense, nothing…
Blogging Book review: Cosmic Apprentice 18 Aug 2013 I really, really tried to like this book... About half of the chapters in this book were previously published as magazine articles, etc. Despite this, Sagan was able to (kind…
Blogging… Random thoughts: We are only able to see the past 15 Nov 2012 Imagine that you are taking a walk. You are in no hurry and therefore you have time to observe what's around you. What you may not realize is that everything…
