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
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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
I think there’s a Walter Mitty in each of us. We understand the most grotesque Thurberesque hallucinatory visions described creatively as a rather charming form of mental illness, because… well,…Read more
A while back I posted ‘What is a Muse?’ on this blog. That was like asking ‘What are the northern lights?’ before you’ve seen the full display, or ‘What…Read more
I actually posted this piece exactly one year ago. I was still happy with my resolution (made mid-year) to waste no more of my remaining time playing solitaire. I…Read more
There are some issues we need to get out of the way. I suppose “we” refers primarily to “me” but that is what it is. The way we see…Read more
When things go wrong – AND THEY DO – it’s sometimes nice to remember that we’re not privy to the ‘big picture’ for which things might just be going…Read more