My Quantum Quandary: When Words Collide

This morning at the crack of dawn, I find myself sitting at my PC, ruminating over coffee about language, of all things. More specifically, as of late I’ve been wrestling with the problems I have been having with the language ...
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Are Religion and Science Incompatible?

I say, “Yes! And Ne’er the Twain Will Meet!”[i] Some might read the title of this post and think, “That’s a bold statement, explain please!” Others might read it and think, “Bullshit! There’s no real reason science and religion can’t ...
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Is Time Travel Possible?

I have been a science fiction fan since I was a child. One of my favorite science fiction genres is time travel. I used to love reading books and short stories that involved the ability to travel to the past ...
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Is Time Dilation a Jedi Mind Trick?

I am always digging through reams of material, both written and video, looking for interesting tidbits about my favorite topics, one of which is the philosophy of space and time and accompanying it, physics. Here, I found a very useful ...
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Mind. Blown. Emergence!

Cold-hearted orb that rules the night, removes the colors from our sight, red is grey and yellow, white, but we decide which is right, and which is an illusion. Moody Blues, “Days of Future Past” The bad weather has finally ...
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Roses Aren’t Red and Violets Aren’t Blue, Believing That They Are Won’t Make It True!

You probably recognize the simple poem I slightly modified and turned into a title for this blog. It’s from an old English nursery rhyme that was something oft recited during my childhood and probably yours, too: “Roses are red, violets ...
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Absolutely no absolutes!

I’m reading a lot these days. I’ve been totally ignoring my favorite fictional authors for quite a while and have been focused instead on a number of different authors who write about two topics of special interest to me: time ...
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