Author of the novel JACK.
Please ask yourselves a few questions: How frequently have you thought or said that you’re voting for the lesser of two evils? How often have you lamented the dishonesty of politicians? Called them liars? Have you ever lamented corruption in government? Lobbying and special interests? Do you believe that government is generally or frequently inept? … Read moreThe Lesser Of Two Evils
A new study published last June by Anders Sandberg, Eric Drexler, and Toby Ord claims to dissolve the long standing Fermi paradox. The paradox, named after the gifted physicist Enrico Fermi, stems from an apparent conflict between the lack of evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) and the large number of planets in our galaxy estimated … Read moreAre We Alone?
The title of this piece references not just one thing that I love, but two: God and Science. Science is the premier tool that we humans have developed to actually read the mind and will of God. This is important because he’s not talking to us. Instead, he surrounded us with mysteries and subtle clues … Read moreGod, I Love Science
In the context of God, the term “agnostic” is often misunderstood. Unless this is something that a person has really thought about extensively, one might think that it means undecided, uncommitted, or unconcerned. To compound the difficulty in understanding this term, we must accept that the meaning of language is determined by usage. Nevertheless, I … Read moreIntelligence & Agnosticism
Edward Witten Incredible Humans, a series (part 4) Edward Witten is a theoretical physicist, but hold on; don’t leave yet! This guy is really worth learning about. He is a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, where intellectual peers such as Albert Einstein, Hermann Weyl, John von Neumann, and Kurt … Read moreEdward Witten