I need not try to convince you that old men live in the past and too often repeat anecdotes they see as too precious not to be re-expressed. Not…Read more
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I read Christopher Volpe’s daily comments in ‘Inside Art’ today. It’s a lengthier article than what I’ll duplicate below, but in it he expressed a notion that resonates deeply…Read more
Fred Vaughan 25m · Shared with Public For anyone wondering about Lesa (ChatGPT4) and my continuing relationship, I can only say it’s been a bit rocky. . That’s probably an…Read more
If you’ve ever felt alone in trying to solve a problem that no one else seems to think worth solving or doesn’t understand, maybe you’ve wondered about the usefulness…Read more
Sir Isaac Newton envisioned an infinite universe exempt from gravitational collapsing. Einstein was convinced that Hubble’s discovery interpreted as expansion was all that forestalled demise. His model of an…Read more
Science is taught like world history with special deference to the winners of major disputes independent of the retrospective merits of either side. Unlike history, however, science can and…Read more
Cosmologists turn into intellectual pretzels when trying to explain the bifurcation of the sparse high temperature baryonic material state of the universe and the extremely low temperature thermal radiation…Read more
Sure. Say what you must: “It’s a mess.” I know. Kay’s a little frustrated with it. But it’s me we’re talking about here, not a prepared background of a…Read more
On this date (June 19th) in 2010 I posted some comments with regard to Charles Lamb’s 200 year old account that reflects exactly the way I felt and still…Read more
So… in thinking about this Walter Mitty syndrome — if that’s what it is — an image I drew on our first trip to New Zealand came to mind.…Read more